White Hills · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in White Hills

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

Almost every home in White Hills owns a car, reflecting a total reliance on private transport in this rural area. The community is deeply connected to vehicles, with nearly 40% of households keeping two cars and over a quarter keeping three.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

No homes in the area are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4% and the state figure of 6.1%.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4%
  • 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 Hills, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 3 vehicles (28%) and 1 vehicle (26%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, while 17.1% work from home, a figure well above the Tasmanian average of 8.0%. No one in the area uses public transport to commute.

17.1% ▲ +86.7%

Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.1%
  • 2016: 18.5%
  • 2021: 17.1%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 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.

How people get to work

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In White Hills, Car (driver) is the majority at 74%; Worked at home is next at 20%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in White Hills, leaving it far below the state average for transit access.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the city is a long trip, with a drive time of 124 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

124

Higher than 83% 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 White Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60750/white-hills/topic/transport