6.9% ▼ -19.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cobar · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cobar
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer people work from home in Cobar than in most similar areas, with just 3.9% of the workforce doing so. This is a car-reliant town where the vast majority of residents depend on private vehicles to get around and reach their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least one car, though 6.9% of Cobar homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Cobar splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Private cars are the primary way to get to work, with 67.6% of people driving. Very few residents use public transport (0.9%) or work from home, with the latter figure far below the national average of 21.0%.
3.9% ▲ +110.3%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -63.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 to two bus routes and a single stop. While this is more than some similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the New South Wales figure.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.28
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
3.9
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality 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
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Cobar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10948/cobar/topic/transport