0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Whitfield · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Whitfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all working residents in Whitfield drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on private cars. This dependence is clear across the area, where every single home owns at least one motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, with no homes lacking a vehicle. Most households have two or three cars, and about 7% own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Whitfield, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 3 vehicles (31%) and 1 vehicle (26%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, while 17.9% of people work from home. This is well below the Victorian figure of 25.7%, and no one uses public transport to commute.
17.9% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.6%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
While Whitfield has more transport stops per person than most similar areas, the actual service is very low. Weekly departures are far below the Victorian average, with only one bus route serving the area.
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.
4.55
Higher than 76% 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).
54.5
Higher than 63% 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.
Getting to the nearest public transport stop typically takes about 16 minutes on foot, which is around the middle for areas of this type.
16
Higher than 54% 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.
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 Whitfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22772/whitfield/topic/transport