3.5% ▼ -18.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Parrearra · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Parrearra
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer than 4% of homes in Parrearra lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This highlights a strong reliance on private cars for travel in the area. While public transport options are surprisingly plentiful, they are rarely used for the daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least one car, with 36% having two and 10.9% having three. Only 3.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Parrearra, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 61.5% of residents. About 17.3% work from home, which is well above the Queensland figure but well below the national average.
17.3% ▲ +165.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -51.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 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.
The area has a high number of public transport options, with 7 routes and 13 stops. Weekly bus departures per 1,000 people are a little above the state figure, and the service is entirely bus-based.
13
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.79
Higher than 68% 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).
894.9
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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes a typical resident just 3 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is about 64 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
64
Lower than 53% 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)).
- 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 Parrearra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32280/parrearra/topic/transport