7.7% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cobar · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Cobar
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 63% of people in Cobar drive themselves to work, making cars the dominant way to get around. This reliance on private travel is clear across the town, where public transport is very limited and few people work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 36.1% owning two vehicles. About 7.7% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has barely changed since 2011 and is about the same as the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Cobar splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.8%, which is a little below the state and national figures. Similarly, the 9.1% who work from home is far below the New South Wales average of 31%.
9.1% ▲ +42.2%
Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -63.2%
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 sparse, with only 8 stops and 6 routes serving the area. This is reflected in the 11.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
8
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.94
Lower than 80% 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).
11.1
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).
6
Lower than 57% 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Cobar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/105011093/cobar/topic/transport