1.6% ▲ +11.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pacific Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Pacific Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one in Pacific Heights works from home, with only 8.4% of the workforce doing so. This is far below the national figure of 21% and is much lower than in most similar areas. The area relies heavily on private cars for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 51.2% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 1.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Pacific Heights, 2 vehicles is the majority at 51%; 1 vehicle is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, as 69.4% are the main driver. Public transport use for commuting is a little below the state and national figures, at 1.2%.
8.4% ▲ +53.9%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -48.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This leaves Pacific Heights far below the Queensland average for transport access.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Pacific Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32246/pacific-heights/topic/transport