13.9% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Whyalla Norrie · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Whyalla Norrie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A high number of households without cars marks the transport landscape in Whyalla Norrie. While most people rely on vehicles, 13.9% of homes have none, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. This suggests a greater reliance on other ways to get around compared to the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 13.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the South Australian average of 7.2%. For those who do own cars, 40.6% of households have one vehicle, while 29.6% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Whyalla Norrie, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very rare here at 1.7%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%. Most people commute by car, with 67.7% driving themselves to work.
1.7% ▲ +93.3%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% ▼ -11.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 a high number of public transport stops and 11 bus routes, far exceeding the state average per 1,000 people. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the South Australian figure.
55
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.
8.75
Higher than 87% 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).
671.6
Higher than 82% 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).
11
Higher than 86% 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 stop is very easy for residents, with the typical walk to the nearest one taking only one minute.
1
Lower 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.
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 Norrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41588/whyalla-norrie/topic/transport