0.8% ▼ -70.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 0.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Peachester · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Peachester
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes go without a car in Peachester than across Queensland or Australia, with only 0.8% of households lacking a vehicle. This rural area relies heavily on private transport to get around, reflecting its distance from major hubs and a lack of local public services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 40.3% owning two and 23.7% owning three. This high rate of ownership means only 0.8% of households are without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Peachester, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 4 or more (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of the workforce (57.4%) drive themselves to work, while 16.2% work from home. Only 0.9% of workers use public transport, which is a little below the national figure of 3.1%.
16.2% ▲ +66.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -62.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 available in the area. This results in zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure that is far below the Queensland average of 720.7.
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 64 minutes to drive to the city, which is around the middle for similar areas.
64
Lower than 53% 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)).
- 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 Peachester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32286/peachester/topic/transport