0.9% ▲ +105.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 0.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Parkerville · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Parkerville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer than 1% of homes lack a car in Parkerville, a figure well below both the state and national averages. This heavy reliance on private vehicles shapes how people move, as almost everyone depends on a car to get around the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 82.8% of households owning two or more vehicles. Only 0.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much lower than the 5% seen across Western Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Parkerville, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 4 or more (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most residents drive to work, while only 9.3% work from home, a figure far below the own national average of 21%. Just 2% of the workforce uses public transport for their commute.
9.3% ▲ +94.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% ▲ +15.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.0%
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.
The area has 20 public transport stops and three routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, these are all bus services, and the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.
20
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.22
Higher than 86% 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).
210.9
Higher than 73% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes a typical 34 minutes to drive to the city, which is faster than in most areas. In contrast, the walk to the nearest stop takes 58 minutes, which is much longer than in most similar places.
58
Higher than 84% 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.
34
Lower than 71% 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).
More for Parkerville
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Parkerville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51205/parkerville/topic/transport