0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cocos (Keeling) Islands · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Cocos (Keeling) Islands
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands has a car, making it one of the most vehicle-reliant areas of its kind. While car use is dominant, a notable 11.3% of the workforce still uses public transport, which is well above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, with 0.0% of homes lacking a motor vehicle—a figure well below the Australian average. Over 20% of households own four or more vehicles, and the typical home has at least one car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cocos (Keeling) Islands, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 33%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 4 or more (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking, cycling, and driving are common for the commute, while only 4.2% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure. Public transport use is well above the national average at 11.3%, though this fell 7.0 percentage points since 2011.
4.2% ▲ +205.4%
Lower than 97% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
11.3% ▼ -38.1%
Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 11.3%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is much lower than most other areas.
0
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
0.0
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) 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).
0
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Cocos (Keeling) Islands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/90102/cocos-islands/topic/transport