2.0% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Milpara · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Milpara
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 73% of people in Milpara drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on private cars. This small community has very few alternatives for travel, with almost no public transport available and a tiny number of residents working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own multiple cars, with 36.7% having two vehicles and 19.2% having three. Only 2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.4% national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Milpara, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here at 4.4%, a figure far below the 21% Australian average. While 1.2% of people use public transport, this is still higher than in most similar areas.
4.4% ▲ +118.8%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
Public transport is nonexistent in Milpara, with zero routes or stops. This means there are no weekly departures, which is far below the Western Australian figure.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 a transport stop is not a common experience here, though the typical walk to the nearest stop is 14 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
14
Higher than 51% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Milpara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50957/milpara/topic/transport