7.3% ▼ -15.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
White Rock · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in White Rock
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Few people work from home in White Rock, with only 8% doing so compared to 21% across Australia. Most residents rely on cars to get around, though the area has more public transport stops and services than many similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. For the rest, one or two cars are the most common, with 38% of households owning one vehicle and 37.7% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →White Rock splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 61.7% of people. Only 1.5% use public transport, and the 8% who work from home is far below the national figure.
8.0% ▲ +210.8%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -47.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 more accessible here than in most areas, with 3.66 stops per 1,000 people. The 18 stops and two bus routes provide 787.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is a little above the Queensland figure.
18
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.
3.66
Higher than 72% 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).
787.3
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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 about 10 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for areas of this type.
10
Lower 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 White Rock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33062/white-rock/topic/transport