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.
Parklands · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Parklands
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people use public transport to get to work in Parklands than in most similar areas. While few people work from home, the area is heavily reliant on cars, with every single home owning at least one motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, as 0% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households have multiple cars, with 28.3% owning three and 26.7% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Parklands splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (28%), with 4 or more at 26%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 3.3% of workers use public transport, which is much higher than in most similar areas. However, working from home is uncommon at 8.3%, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 21%.
8.3% ▲ +81.5%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% ▲ +34.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 options are very limited, with zero routes and stops in the area. This is far below the Western Australian average of 5.48 stops per 1,000 people.
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).
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 about 48 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than most areas. However, it takes much longer than usual to reach the nearest transport stop, with a walking time of 64 minutes.
64
Higher than 87% 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.
48
Lower than 63% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Parklands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51208/parklands/topic/transport