6.5% ▼ -25.9%
Higher than 63% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Parkes · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Parkes
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer households in Parkes are without a car now than in 2011, with the share of homes with no vehicle falling 2.3 points to 6.5%. This reflects a town where private transport is essential for most, as very few people use public transit to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Parkes have at least one car, and 36.3% have two. The 6.5% of households without a vehicle is a little below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Parkes splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.8% of workers use public transport, which is much lower than most areas. Working from home is also far below the national figure of 21.0%, though it has risen to 10.5% since 2016.
10.5% —
Lower than 71% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% —
Lower than 82% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 access is very limited, with weekly departures per 1,000 people far below the state figure. There are 580 stops across 76 routes, but the number of stops per 1,000 people is much lower than most areas.
580
Lower than 81% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.74
Lower than 75% of federal electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
207.7
Lower than 89% of federal electorate 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).
76
Higher than 76% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Parkes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED134/parkes/topic/transport