1.7% ▼ -24.2%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Parklea · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Parklea
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge 41.5% of people in Parklea work from home, which is far above the national figure. This heavy reliance on home-based work is a standout feature of the area, alongside a very high level of car ownership among residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with nearly half of all homes owning two vehicles and only 1.7% having none. This lack of car-free households is well below the state and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Parklea, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the most popular option for 41.5% of the workforce, far above the 21.0% national average. Only 2.0% of people use public transport to get to work, which is a little below the Australian figure.
41.5% ▲ +1964.0%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 41.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% ▼ -83.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 2.0%
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.
Public transport is based entirely on buses, with six stops and four routes serving the area. While these numbers are higher than most similar areas, the transit time to the city is much higher than usual at 79 minutes.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.63
Higher than 64% 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).
1,023.3
Higher than 86% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
32,531
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
78,259
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
79
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A typical walk to the nearest stop takes about 8 minutes. For those travelling by car, the 31-minute drive time to the city is lower than in most other areas.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
31
Lower than 73% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Parklea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13164/parklea/topic/transport