5.4% ▼ -29.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
White Hills · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in White Hills
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Public transport access is much higher in White Hills than in most similar areas. While the suburb has a strong network of bus stops, the vast majority of residents still rely on their own cars to get around. This reliance is clear in the commute data, where car travel dominates the morning rush.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 39.6% of homes have one car and 37.2% have two. Only 5.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →White Hills splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 65.8% of residents. Those working from home make up 11.9% of the workforce, which is well below the Australian figure of 21%.
11.9% ▲ +270.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -40.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 0.8%
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area is well served by 33 public transport stops and seven routes, all of which are buses. With 9.12 stops per 1,000 people, access is far above the Victorian average of 4.41.
33
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.12
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,311.0
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes just 4 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is lower than in most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 103 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
4
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
103
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in White Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22769/white-hills/topic/transport