5.0% ▼ -15.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 5.0%
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.
A far lower share of people work from home in Parklands compared to the national figure, with only 6.2% doing so. This transport-dependent area relies heavily on cars for daily travel, despite having a surprisingly high number of public transport stops and services for its size.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost half of homes have one vehicle, and 32.5% have two. Only 5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Parklands, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 71.8% as the driver. Only 0.7% use public transport to commute, and the 6.2% who work from home is far below the Australian average.
6.2% ▲ +121.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
Parklands has a very high level of service, with 10.4 stops per 1,000 people and 6 bus routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the Tasmanian figure.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.40
Higher than 87% 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).
959.5
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).
6
Higher than 86% 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.
A typical seven-minute walk to the nearest stop is around the middle for similar areas. However, the drive time to the city is among the highest for this level at 199 minutes.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
199
Higher than 99% 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 Parklands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60492/parklands/topic/transport