0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
White Sands · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in White Sands
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 43% of households in White Sands have two motor vehicles, making car ownership the dominant way people get around. This is a highly car-reliant area where no homes are without a vehicle. Residents largely rely on driving for daily needs, as there is no local public transport available.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in White Sands has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.4% national figure for homes without a car. Around 13% of households own four or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In White Sands, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 4 or more (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the South Australian average of 4.1%. Most people drive, while 10.2% work from home, a figure far below the national rate of 21%.
10.2% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in White Sands. This results in zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the state figure of 1,317.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
A walk to the nearest transport stop would take 75 minutes, among the highest times for similar areas. It takes 52 minutes to drive to the city.
75
Higher than 94% 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.
52
Lower than 61% 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 White Sands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41579/white-sands/topic/transport