4.6% ▼ -16.4%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cook · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Cook
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people use public transport to get to work in Cook than in most similar areas. While the area is well-connected to the city, the typical household relies heavily on cars, with 83.8% of homes owning one or two vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 4.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the ACT figure and slightly lower than the national rate of 7.4%. Most households own one or two cars, and the proportion of car-free homes fell slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cook, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (38%) and 3 vehicles (8%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is well above the national figure at 6.8%, though this is down from 9.7% in 2011. Working from home rose sharply to 13.5% over the last decade, which remains well below the Australian average of 21.0%.
13.5% ▲ +372.8%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.8% ▼ -30.0%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 6.8%
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 provided solely by buses, but the area has far fewer weekly departures per 1,000 people than the ACT average. With only 12 stops and one route, it has fewer facilities than most similar areas.
12
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.05
Lower than 54% 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).
667.8
Lower than 55% 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).
1
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
11,469
Lower than 65% 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).
40,547
Lower than 53% 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).
39
Lower than 83% 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 to the city is very quick, with a typical drive time of just 8 minutes. Residents also enjoy easy access to transit, with a short 2-minute walk to the nearest stop.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
8
Lower than 93% 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).
More for Cook
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Cook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801011005/cook/topic/transport