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.
Parkeston · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Parkeston
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
An unusually high density of 200 public transport stops per 1,000 people defines Parkeston, far exceeding the state figure. While the area has a high number of stops, the actual number of weekly departures is far below the Western Australian average.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Parkeston has 200 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 5.48. Despite this, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average, with buses providing 100% of the available services.
200.00
Higher 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).
1,000.0
Higher than 86% 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 to a stop takes much longer here than in most areas, with a typical walk of 59 minutes to the nearest one.
59
Higher than 85% 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
- 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 Parkeston
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Parkeston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51206/parkeston/topic/transport