8.2% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Para Vista · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Para Vista
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Public transport use in Para Vista is among the highest for similar areas, with 5.1% of workers commuting this way. While most people still rely on cars, the area has a strong network of bus services and an unusually high number of households without a vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.2% of homes in Para Vista have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. The most common setup is a single car, found in 39.5% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Para Vista splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive to work, but 5.1% use public transport, which is a little above the national figure of 3.1%. Very few people work from home at 6.4%, a figure far below the Australian average of 21%.
6.4% ▲ +255.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.1% ▼ -36.2%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 5.1%
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 is well-served by 14 bus stops and 5 routes, which is more than about 84% of similar areas. This means 66,855 people are reachable within 45 minutes by transit.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.63
Higher than 76% 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).
1,301.7
Higher than 88% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
10,504
Higher than 59% 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).
66,855
Higher than 71% 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).
60
Higher than 56% 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.
Getting around is relatively easy, with a short 6-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 23 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
23
Lower than 80% 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 Para Vista [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41098/para-vista/topic/transport