5.1% ▼ -25.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pearce · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Pearce
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 60% of working residents in Pearce drive themselves to work. This relies on a strong car culture, though 5.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. Most people live just a short walk from public transport in this well-connected suburb.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 40% of households have one vehicle and 35% have two. While few homes lack a car, the 5.1% without one is about the same as the ACT figure and a little below the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Pearce, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 40%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is less common here than in most areas, with 12.4% doing so. This is a little above the ACT average but well below the national figure of 21%.
12.4% ▲ +234.3%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.1% ▼ -29.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 4.1%
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.
Pearce has 9 public transport stops, which is more than about 81% of similar areas. However, the 755.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the ACT figure.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.35
Higher than 71% 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).
755.9
Higher than 83% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
7,791
Higher than 55% 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).
34,156
Higher than 58% 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).
50
Lower than 64% 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 is fast, with a drive time of 11 minutes, among the lowest for this level. It is also very easy to access transit, as the walk to the nearest stop takes just 2 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
11
Lower than 94% 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 Pearce [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80109/pearce/topic/transport