0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pechey · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Pechey
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very high levels of public transport access mark Pechey, though almost every home relies on cars to get around. While the area has far more bus stops and services than the Queensland average, the typical resident still depends on their own vehicle for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Pechey has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4% for homes without a car. Nearly 30% of households own two vehicles, and another 27% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Pechey splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (31%) and 1 vehicle (29%), with 3 vehicles at 29%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 76.6% of people acting as the driver. This reliance on cars is reflected in the low number of people working from home (10.6%), a figure far below the Australian average of 21%.
10.6% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 is among the highest for public transport access, with 51 stops and 1,530 weekly departures per 1,000 people. All of these services are provided by buses, with the number of stops being far above the Queensland average.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
51.02
Higher 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).
1,530.6
Higher than 89% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
A five-minute walk to the nearest stop is lower than in most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 103 minutes, which is higher than most similar places.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
103
Higher than 71% 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 Pechey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32289/pechey/topic/transport