4.8% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Copper Coast · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Copper Coast
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes in Copper Coast are without a car than in 2011, as only 4.8% of households now lack a motor vehicle. This heavy reliance on private cars is reflected in the very low use of public transport and the small number of people working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least one car, with 38.3% having two vehicles. Only 4.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the South Australian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Copper Coast splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.4%. Only 7.3% of workers stay at home, a figure that is far below the national average of 21.0%.
7.3% ▲ +53.2%
Lower than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▲ +10.5%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 very limited, with only 4 bus routes and a rate of 13.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the state figure.
25
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.66
Lower than 65% 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).
13.2
Lower than 67% 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).
4
Lower than 57% of council (lga) 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 challenging without a car, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 37 minutes. The drive time to the city is also higher than most areas at 93 minutes.
37
Higher than 67% of council (lga) 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.
93
Higher than 68% of council (lga) 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 Copper Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA41560/copper-coast/topic/transport