0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cobbadah · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cobbadah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher share of people work from home in Cobbadah than across the country, with 42.3% of workers doing so. This makes the town very different from the national figure of 21%. Car ownership is almost universal here, while public transport is rarely used for commuting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Cobbadah has a motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures for homes without one. About 41% of households keep two vehicles, and over 20% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Cobbadah splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 4 or more at 18%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 42.3% of the workforce doing so, which is far above the national average. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work.
42.3% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 42.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 21.05 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales figure. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
21.05
Higher than 93% 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).
126.3
Higher than 71% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a stop is a challenge in Cobbadah, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 48 minutes. This is much higher than most other similar areas.
48
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality 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.
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)).
- 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 Cobbadah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10952/cobbadah/topic/transport