0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Parrakie · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Parrakie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Parrakie now owns a car, reflecting a shift towards total vehicle reliance. The area is far from the city and lacks frequent transit, which explains why 27.1% of the workforce now works from home—a figure far above the national average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Parrakie has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4% for homes without one. More than 4 in 10 households own four or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Parrakie, the largest group is 4 or more at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (27%) and 1 vehicle (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 27.1%, far above the South Australian figure of 9.6%. No one uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national average.
27.1% ▼ -37.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.1%
- 2016: 42.6%
- 2021: 27.1%
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.
While there is one bus route and a higher number of stops per person than the state average, the service is infrequent. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the South Australian figure.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
12.82
Higher than 89% 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).
128.2
Higher than 71% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 around is challenging, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking 69 minutes. The drive time to the city is also much higher than most areas, taking about 121 minutes.
69
Higher than 90% 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.
121
Higher than 81% 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 Parrakie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41117/parrakie/topic/transport