10.9% ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Coober Pedy · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Coober Pedy
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are the primary way to get around Coober Pedy, where there is no public transport available. While most households own at least one vehicle, nearly 11% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 44.5% of homes have one vehicle and 30.5% have two. The 10.9% of households without a car is much higher than in most areas, though this figure fell 1.4 points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Coober Pedy, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 61.7% acting as the driver. Very few people work from home at 5.1%, a figure far below the Australian average of 21%, and only 1.1% use public transport.
5.1% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -34.8%
Higher than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in Coober Pedy. This leaves the area with zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the South Australian figure.
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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Coober Pedy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA41330/coober-pedy/topic/transport