2.3% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cooma Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Cooma Surrounds
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one in Cooma Surrounds gets by without a car, with only 2.3% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This makes it one of the most car-dependent areas compared to similar places. Most residents rely on private transport due to very limited public transit options in the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, and 39.4% of homes have two vehicles. The share of households without a car is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2% and has barely changed since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cooma Surrounds, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 60.5% of people as the main driver. Working from home is less common here than across Australia, and only 0.3% of people use public transport to commute.
17.0% ▲ +22.8%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -50.4%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 6 stops and 5 routes serving the area. This results in 1.73 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 5.27.
6
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.73
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
10.9
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
5
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Cooma Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/101031015/cooma-surrounds/topic/transport