Paris Creek · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Paris Creek

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

Almost every household in Paris Creek owns a car, a far higher rate than the state or national average. This reliance on private vehicles is clear, as no one uses public transport to get to work.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

No homes in Paris Creek are without a motor vehicle. Most families have multiple cars, with 69.5% of households owning either two or three vehicles.

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.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Paris Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 3 vehicles (28%) and 1 vehicle (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, and 17.8% work from home, which is well above the South Australian figure of 9.6%. No one in the area commutes using public transport.

17.8% ▲ +3.2%

Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 17.2%
  • 2016: 14.3%
  • 2021: 17.8%

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.

How people get to work

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In Paris Creek, Car (driver) is the majority at 69%; Worked at home is next at 20%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is effectively non-existent here, with zero routes or stops. This puts the area far below the state average for service access.

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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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Residents face a very long walk to the nearest stop, taking about 74 minutes. The drive time to the city is around 40 minutes.

74

Higher than 93% 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.

40

Lower than 67% 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 Paris Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41112/paris-creek/topic/transport