0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Parilla · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Parilla
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Parilla has a motor vehicle, a rate well below the national and state figures. This total reliance on cars defines the local transport landscape, where the typical household owns two or three vehicles to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The area is heavily car-dependent, with 40% of homes owning two vehicles and 27.3% owning three. No households in Parilla are without a motor vehicle, which is much lower than the 7.2% seen across South Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Parilla, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 3 vehicles (30%) and 1 vehicle (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive, with 57.3% as the driver and 11% as a passenger. About 15.9% of people work from home, a figure well above the state average but well below the national one, while no one commutes via public transport.
15.9% ▼ -52.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Parilla has three bus routes and stops, putting it among the highest for stops per 1,000 people compared to other similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the South Australian figure.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
18.87
Higher than 92% 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).
163.5
Higher than 72% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
Getting to the nearest transport stop is a challenge here, as it takes typically 50 minutes to walk there, which is much higher than most other areas.
50
Higher 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.
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).
More for Parilla
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Parilla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41110/parilla/topic/transport