3.4% ▲ +200.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Parkhurst · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Parkhurst
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Parkhurst than in the rest of the country, with only 5.5% doing so. This creates a strong reliance on private cars to get around the area. Most homes here are well-equipped for travel, and very few residents get by without a vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 45% of homes in Parkhurst have two vehicles, and 10% have four or more. Only 3.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Parkhurst, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 72.3% of residents. Public transport use is very low at 1.2%, while the 5.5% who work from home is far below the national figure.
5.5% ▲ +91.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -37.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 routes or stops in Parkhurst. This means there are no weekly departures per 1,000 people, leaving the area far below the Queensland average.
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).
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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Parkhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32273/parkhurst/topic/transport