5.3% ▼ -32.0%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Parkes Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Parkes Surrounds
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A heavy reliance on cars shapes daily life in Parkes Surrounds, where only 5.3% of homes have no motor vehicle. Most households own at least two vehicles, and very few people use public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
More than 60% of homes have three or more vehicles, while the share of households without a car has fallen to 5.3%. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Parkes Surrounds splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (33%) and 1 vehicle (29%), with 3 vehicles at 18%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 56.3% as the driver, and 20.7% work from home, which is about the same as the national figure. Only 0.4% use public transport for their commute, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
20.7% ▼ -11.2%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -52.2%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 is very limited, with only 6 stops and 4 routes serving the area. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
6
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.84
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
7.4
Lower than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
4
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/103021068/parkes-surrounds/topic/transport