Pierces Creek · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Pierces Creek

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A total reliance on private cars defines Pierces Creek, where every single home owns at least one motor vehicle. This is a stark contrast to the national figure, with no households without a car and almost no one using public transport to get to work.

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📍 Pierces Creek, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have two vehicles, and about 22% of households own four or more. The fact that 0% of homes lack a vehicle is well below the Queensland and Australian figures.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Pierces Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 4 or more (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 70.4% of residents, while 18.5% walk. Nobody in the area works from home or uses public transport, which is far below the national trend.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 24.1%
  • 2016: 30.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Pierces Creek, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Walked is next at 21%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is non-existent here, with zero stops and zero routes. This lack of access is far below the Queensland average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Reaching the city is a significant trip, with a drive time of 113 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.

113

Higher than 77% 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 Pierces Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32311/pierces-creek/topic/transport