0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Whiteheads Creek · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Whiteheads Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A strong reliance on cars defines Whiteheads Creek, where every single home owns at least one motor vehicle. This is a stark contrast to the national figure, as no households here are without a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes are well-equipped for travel, with 36.7% owning two vehicles and another 26.6% owning four or more. This high level of car ownership is consistent with the fact that 0% of households are without a vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Whiteheads Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 4 or more (26%) and 3 vehicles (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 25.8% of residents doing so—a figure well above the Australian average. Half of the workforce drive to work, while 0% use public transport.
25.8% ▲ +53.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Public transport is limited to a single bus route with one stop. While this is more than many similar areas, the 14.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian average.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.88
Higher than 69% 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).
14.4
Higher than 59% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 typically 82 minutes to drive from the area to the city, a travel time that is around the middle for similar locations.
82
Higher than 58% 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 Whiteheads Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22770/whiteheads-creek/topic/transport