2.5% —
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Koo Wee Rup · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Koo Wee Rup
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 63% of workers in Koo Wee Rup drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. This is a place where private transport is essential, with very few homes lacking a vehicle and public transport options being quite limited.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private transport is common here, as only 2.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households have at least two cars, with 41.3% owning exactly two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Koo Wee Rup, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.4%. While 15.8% of residents work from home, this is well below the Victoria figure of 25.7%.
15.8% —
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% —
Lower than 84% 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is scarce, with only 0.60 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the state average of 4.41. There are only 6 stops in total across the area, and they are all for buses.
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.
0.60
Lower than 93% 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).
91.7
Lower than 81% 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).
10,069
Lower than 71% 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).
10,069
Lower than 84% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around without a car is difficult, with the walk to the nearest stop taking around 58 minutes. The drive time to the city is also quite long at 58 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
58
Higher than 95% 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.
58
Higher than 76% 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 Koo Wee Rup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/212011548/koo-wee-rup/topic/transport