7.2% ▼ -31.7%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cooma · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cooma
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Cooma compared to the rest of the state, with only 9.1% doing so. While the area has a high number of public transport stops, most residents rely on cars to get around and get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. The most common setup is one vehicle per household at 40.3%, followed by two vehicles at 35.1%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cooma, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 40%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 63.2% of people. Only 0.6% use public transport, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.7%.
9.1% ▲ +140.7%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▲ +83.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
Cooma has 67 public transport stops and 6 routes, meaning there are far more stops per 1,000 people than in the New South Wales average. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.
67
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.98
Higher than 87% 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).
92.9
Higher than 68% 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).
6
Higher than 86% 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.
It takes much longer to reach a stop on foot here than in most areas, with a typical walk of 41 minutes to the nearest stop.
41
Higher than 74% 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 Cooma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11036/cooma/topic/transport