12.2% ▲ +17.8%
Higher than 88% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cooper · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Cooper
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More homes in Cooper have gone without a car since 2011, reflecting a shift in how people move. The area is now defined by a massive jump in remote work, with 36.3% of people working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 12.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Australian figure of 7.4%. This is a rise from 10.4% in 2011, and nearly half of all households now own just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cooper, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged from 4.3% in 2016 to 36.3%, a figure far above the national average. While public transport use is a little above the state and national figures, it has fallen by 7.6 points since 2016.
36.3% —
Higher than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 36.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.9% —
Higher than 79% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 4.9%
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 access is much higher than most areas, with 2,241.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people. This is far above the Victorian figure, with buses making up the vast majority of the 39 available routes.
903
Higher than 71% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.78
Higher than 81% of federal electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
2,241.4
Higher than 89% of federal electorate 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).
39
Lower than 74% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is very efficient, as the walk to the nearest stop takes just one minute. The drive time to the city is also much lower than in most other areas, taking only 14 minutes.
1
Lower than 93% of federal electorate 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.
14
Lower than 86% of federal electorate 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 Cooper [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED208/cooper/topic/transport