Pittsworth · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Pittsworth

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

A total reliance on cars defines daily life in Pittsworth, where almost 70% of workers drive themselves to their jobs. With no public transport routes or stops available, residents must depend on private vehicles to get around and access services.

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📍 Pittsworth, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have multiple cars, with 36.9% owning two and 16.3% owning three. Only 4.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

4.1% ▼ -25.4%

Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.5%
  • 2016: 4.0%
  • 2021: 4.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Pittsworth splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Very few people work from home here, at just 5.2%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%. Only 0.4% of the workforce uses public transport, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages.

5.2% ▼ -1.1%

Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.2%
  • 2016: 3.9%
  • 2021: 5.2%

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

0.4% ▲ —

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.2%
  • 2021: 0.4%

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 Pittsworth, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Car (passenger) is next at 6%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport routes or stops in the area. This means the number of weekly departures is far below the Queensland figure, reflecting a complete lack of transit access.

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.

Getting to the city is a significant journey, with a typical drive time of 112 minutes. This is much higher than in most similar areas.

112

Higher than 76% 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 Pittsworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32336/pittsworth/topic/transport