1.9% ▲ +175.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pearsall · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Pearsall
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A steady reliance on cars defines transport in Pearsall, where very few homes lack a motor vehicle. While the area is better served by public transport stops than many similar places, the typical commute to the city remains long.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 46.9% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 1.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Pearsall, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 66.6% as the driver. Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at just 6.9% compared to 21%.
6.9% ▲ +147.0%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.0% ▼ -21.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.0%
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.
Public transport is exclusively bus-based, with 12 stops and 3 routes serving the area. While the number of stops is higher than most similar areas, the 66-minute trip to the city is higher than in most places.
12
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.83
Higher than 69% 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).
674.4
Higher than 82% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
14,678
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
24,257
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
66
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city by car is relatively quick, taking just 20 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also enjoy very easy access to transit, with a typical 1-minute walk to the nearest stop.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
20
Lower than 83% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Pearsall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51219/pearsall/topic/transport