11.4% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Whittington · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Whittington
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 63% of working residents in Whittington drive themselves to work. While most households rely on cars, it is a place where far more homes lack a motor vehicle compared to the state or national figures.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Victorian figure of 7.6%. For those who do own cars, nearly half of households have just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Whittington, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 48%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, with only 10.2% of people doing so. Most residents rely on cars, though 2.2% use public transport to get to work.
10.2% ▲ +656.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% ▼ -46.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 2.2%
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.
Whittington has a high number of public transport stops and routes for its size, though all services are provided by buses. There are 5.76 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the Victorian average.
23
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.
5.76
Higher than 81% 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).
1,091.5
Higher than 87% 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).
6
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.
Getting to a transit stop is very easy here, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes. This is much lower than in most other similar areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
55
Lower than 59% 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 Whittington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22774/whittington/topic/transport