9.2% ▼ -22.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Peakhurst · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Peakhurst
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 38% of working residents in Peakhurst work from home, a figure far above the national average. While the area has an impressive array of public transport options, the typical commute to the city is quite long. This mix of high home-working rates and strong transit access defines how people move in and out of the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.2% of households here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most homes have one or two cars, with 37.9% owning one and 35% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Peakhurst splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 37.8%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 31%. Other common ways to get to work include driving, with 35.3% of people as the main driver.
37.8% ▲ +1037.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 37.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.6% ▼ -78.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 2.6%
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.
Peakhurst is among the best served areas for transit, with 82 stops and 6 routes. The 1,715.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people is well above the state figure, though the trip to the city takes 65 minutes.
82
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.79
Higher than 85% 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).
1,715.6
Higher than 90% 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).
58,554
Higher than 87% 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).
136,001
Higher than 86% 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).
65
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest stop is very easy, with a walk time of just 3 minutes. This is much lower than most areas, and the 22-minute drive time to the city is also much lower than typical.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
22
Lower than 81% 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 Peakhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13179/peakhurst/topic/transport