2.4% —
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Coombs · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Coombs
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Coombs now relies on a car, with the number of households without a vehicle rising to 2.4% since 2016. This area is heavily dependent on private transport, as most people drive to work and public transport options are limited.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 44.9% of homes owning two vehicles and only 2.4% having none. This lack of car-free households is well below the ACT figure of 5.6% and the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Coombs, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (40%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 66.8% as the driver. While 9.4% of people work from home—a figure that rose 7.9 points since 2016—this remains far below the national figure of 21.0%.
9.4% —
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.8% —
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 limited, with only two routes and 13 stops in the area. At 2.68 stops per 1,000 people, access is far below the ACT average of 5.72, and all available services are buses.
13
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.68
Lower than 73% 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).
616.8
Lower than 57% 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).
2
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
11,418
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).
29,738
Lower than 61% 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).
41
Lower than 80% 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.
Coombs is conveniently located for travel to the city, with a drive time of just 11 minutes. Residents also benefit from a short walk to the nearest transport stop, which typically takes only 3 minutes.
3
Lower than 71% 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 Coombs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801101135/coombs/topic/transport