7.0% ▼ -21.8%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Whyalla · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Whyalla
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Daily life in Whyalla relies heavily on cars, though the area has an unusually high number of public transport stops. Most people drive to work, and very few residents work from home compared to the rest of the country. The typical household here owns at least one motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 35.7% owning two vehicles. About 7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas but about the same as the South Australian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Whyalla splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 67.5% of people being the driver. Very few people work from home at 2.6%, a figure that is far below the national average of 21%.
2.6% ▲ +97.2%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▲ +2.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 exclusively bus-based, with 53 stops and 4 routes. The number of stops per 1,000 people is among the highest at this level and far above the South Australian figure.
53
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
14.69
Higher than 90% 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).
1,067.1
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).
4
Higher than 82% 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 relatively easy for locals. The typical walk to the nearest stop takes only 2 minutes, which is much lower than in most other 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.
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 Whyalla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41585/whyalla/topic/transport