45.0% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Whitefoord · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Whitefoord
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all working residents in Whitefoord work from home, a figure far above the national average. This makes the area very reliant on private arrangements for employment, as there is no local public transport available. The typical commute to the city takes about 63 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 65%, ahead of 4 or more (29%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Whitefoord, 2 vehicles is the majority at 69%; 4 or more is next at 31%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 45%, which is far above the Tasmania figure of 8% and the national figure of 21%. Nobody uses public transport to get to work, and 30% of workers drive themselves.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This leaves Whitefoord far below the state average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
The drive time to the city is 63 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
63
Lower than 54% 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).
More for Whitefoord
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Whitefoord [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60751/whitefoord/topic/transport