Paradise · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Paradise

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

A shift toward greater reliance on cars has occurred in Paradise since 2011. While the area has a high number of stops relative to its small population, the typical walk to the nearest stop now takes 61 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

The most common motor vehicles per home is 3 vehicles at 29%, ahead of 2 vehicles (21%).

Motor vehicles per home

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In Paradise, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 40%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and 4 or more (30%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

The most common how people get to work is Car (driver) at 79%, ahead of Worked at home (29%).

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In Paradise, Car (driver) is the majority at 73%; Worked at home is next at 27%.

Public transport access

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

Buses are the only public transport option here, with 48.78 stops per 1,000 people—a figure far above the Victorian average. However, actual service is limited, with weekly departures per 1,000 people far below the state figure.

48.78

Higher 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).

48.8

Higher than 63% 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 around on foot is difficult, as the typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes 61 minutes, which is much higher than in most similar areas.

61

Higher than 86% 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.

Sources

  • 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 Paradise [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22033/paradise/topic/transport