3.8% ▼ -12.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Whittlesea · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Whittlesea
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A long 85-minute walk to the nearest stop is common for many in Whittlesea. This area relies heavily on private cars for travel, with only 1% of workers using public transport to get to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, and 37.9% own two vehicles. Only 3.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Whittlesea, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 61.6% of residents. While 16.1% work from home, this is well below the 21% national figure.
16.1% ▲ +345.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -34.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
The area has 27 public transport stops and 4 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, all services are buses, and the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the state average.
27
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.
4.41
Higher than 75% 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).
789.1
Higher than 84% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 56 minutes to drive from here to the city. Walking to the nearest stop takes 85 minutes, which is among the highest times for this type of area.
85
Higher than 99% 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.
56
Lower 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Whittlesea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22775/whittlesea/topic/transport