0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Whitby · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Whitby
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all homes in Whitby have two motor vehicles, making car ownership the dominant way people get around. This is a highly car-dependent area where every single household owns at least one vehicle, which is much lower than the figures for Western Australia and Australia.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 49.2% of homes having two vehicles and 10.7% owning four or more. No homes in the area are without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the state and national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Whitby, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 50%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 64.6% being the sole driver. Very few residents work from home at 3.5%, which is far below the national figure and among the lowest for similar areas.
3.5% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.6% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 relies entirely on buses, with only one stop and two routes serving the area. While the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains far below the state average.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.00
Higher than 61% 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).
283.6
Higher than 74% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is 38 minutes, which is lower than in most areas. However, getting to the nearest transport stop is more difficult, with a 38-minute walk that is higher than most areas.
38
Higher than 73% 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.
38
Lower than 69% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Whitby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51592/whitby/topic/transport