1.6% —
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hocking - Pearsall · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Hocking - Pearsall
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few homes without a car define the transport landscape in Hocking - Pearsall, where only 1.6% of households lack a vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is mirrored in the way people get to work and the limited public transport options available across the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 45.1% of homes owning two vehicles and 10% owning four or more. The share of homes without a motor vehicle is much lower than most areas and well below the Western Australian figure of 5.0%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hocking - Pearsall, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 65.7% as the driver. Only 8% work from home, which is much lower than most areas and far below the national figure of 21%.
8.0% —
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.6% —
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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 is limited, with only 2.13 stops per 1,000 people, a figure far below the state average of 5.48. Weekly departures are also lower than most areas and far below Western Australia's average.
28
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.13
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
563.1
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
7
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
13,139
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
13,139
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
A typical trip to the city takes 23 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas. However, the walk to the nearest stop takes 43 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
43
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
23
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Hocking - Pearsall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/505031303/hocking-pearsall/topic/transport