8.4% ▼ -29.5%
Higher than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cook · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Cook
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Much higher rates of households without cars than most similar areas define Cook, though overall vehicle ownership remains common. While most residents rely on private transport, a small but growing number use public options to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.4% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. This is a drop from 11.9% in 2011, and most households now own at least one car, with 41.4% having one and 32.1% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cook, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
A little more than the national figure of 3.1% use public transport to get to work, and 15.1% walk. Conversely, only 9.2% work from home, which is far below the Australian rate of 21.0%.
9.2% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.2% ▲ +34.7%
Higher than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 4.2%
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 almost non-existent here, with zero stops and routes recorded. This is far below the Queensland average of 2.99 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% of council (lga) 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 council (lga) 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).
0
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Cook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32500/cook/topic/transport