Coogee - Clovelly · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Coogee - Clovelly

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A staggering 53.8% of people in Coogee - Clovelly work from home, far above the national figure of 21%. This strong preference for remote work is mirrored in the local parking habits, where far more homes live without a car compared to the rest of the country.

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📍 Coogee - Clovelly, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 13% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the 9.2% seen across New South Wales. For those who do own cars, the typical household has just one vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Coogee - Clovelly, 1 vehicle is the majority at 51%; 2 vehicles is next at 28%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is the dominant choice for over half the workforce, which helps explain why only 4% of residents commute by public transport. For those who do travel, 22.7% drive themselves to work.

4.0%

Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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.

How people get to work

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In Coogee - Clovelly, Worked at home is the majority at 62%; Car (driver) is next at 26%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

The area has very high service levels with 2,846.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people, far above the state figure. While there are 67 stops and 13 bus routes, the number of stops per person is lower than in most areas.

67

Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

3.43

Lower than 63% 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).

2,846.1

Higher than 87% 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).

54,073

Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

185,607

Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

42

Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting into the city is fast, with a typical drive time of only 11 minutes. Most residents live just one minute's walk from their nearest transport stop, which is much lower than most areas.

1

Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.

11

Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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)).
  • Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
  • 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 Coogee - Clovelly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/118021651/coogee-clovelly/topic/transport