7.4% ▲ +21.9%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ilparpa · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ilparpa
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 75% of working residents in Ilparpa rely on driving themselves to get to work. While the area has a high number of transport stops relative to its size, the typical walk to the nearest one takes a long 53 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the national figure but well below the Northern Territory average. Many households own multiple cars, with 19.3% having four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Ilparpa splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (30%) and 1 vehicle (25%), with 4 or more at 20%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, while 6.6% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure. No one uses public transport to commute.
6.6% ▲ +12.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Ilparpa has 5.54 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Northern Territory average. However, the number of weekly departures per person is far below the territory figure.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.54
Higher than 80% 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).
298.9
Higher than 75% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 a challenge here, with the typical walk taking 53 minutes. This is much higher than most other areas.
53
Higher than 81% 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 Ilparpa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70133/ilparpa/topic/transport