Family
- father Stuart Pearce: New Zealander; died in a plane crash in 1976 when Pearce was eight years old
- mother Anne Cocking: English; moved family to Geelong, Australia, where she ran a deer farm; remarried c. 1983
- step-father Laurie Cocking: Married Pearce's mother c. 1983
- sister Tracy Pearce: Born c. 1965 with Down Syndrome
