1.7% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pearcedale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Pearcedale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Pearcedale has a car, with 82.7% of households owning two or more vehicles. This high reliance on cars is reflected in how people get to work, with over 60% driving themselves. While the area has a fair number of bus stops, very few residents actually use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here lack a car, at just 1.7%, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households are well-equipped, with 22.1% owning four or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Pearcedale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 4 or more (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.2% of workers use public transport, which is a little below the national figure of 3.1%. Working from home is more common at 18.0%, though this is well below the 25.7% seen across Victoria.
18.0% ▲ +155.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -63.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
The area has 17 public transport stops and 2 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, these are all buses and the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian average.
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.40
Higher than 75% 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).
370.3
Higher than 76% 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).
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 44 minutes to drive to the city, which is faster than in most similar areas. The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes around 16 minutes.
16
Higher than 54% 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.
44
Lower than 65% 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 Pearcedale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22050/pearcedale/topic/transport