42.9% ▲ +63.3%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Whitwarta · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Whitwarta
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 43% of workers in Whitwarta work from home, which is far above the national figure of 21%. This makes it one of the areas with the highest proportion of home-based workers across the region. Most other residents rely on cars to get to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 4 or more at 57%, ahead of 2 vehicles (21%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Whitwarta, 4 or more is the majority at 57%; 2 vehicles is next at 21%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While 47.6% of people drive to work, 42.9% work from home, a figure far above South Australia's 9.6%. No one in the area uses public transport to commute, which is well below the national rate of 3.1%.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 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 the area. This means the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people 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.
The typical drive time to the city is 68 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
68
Lower than 51% 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 Whitwarta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41584/whitwarta/topic/transport