White Peak · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in White Peak

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

More people rely on cars here than in most similar areas, making White Peak a very vehicle-dependent place. Every single home in the area has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the national and state figures for homes without a car.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 46.6% owning two vehicles and 27.6% owning three. No homes in the area are without a motor vehicle.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.4%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In White Peak, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 3 vehicles (28%) and 1 vehicle (13%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 67.5% of residents. Very few people work from home at 6.1%, a figure that is far below the Australian average.

6.1% ▼ -27.8%

Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.5%
  • 2016: 6.8%
  • 2021: 6.1%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

2.9% ▲ +10.5%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.6%
  • 2016: 4.4%
  • 2021: 2.9%

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.

How people get to work

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In White Peak, Car (driver) is the majority at 84%; Worked at home is next at 8%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is almost non-existent here, with no active routes or stops. This puts the area far below the Western Australian average for departures and stops per person.

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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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to a transit stop is a significant challenge, as the typical walk takes 67 minutes, which is much higher than in most similar areas.

67

Higher than 89% 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 White Peak [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51594/white-peak/topic/transport