1.1% ▼ -49.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Copacabana · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Copacabana
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Copacabana than across the state, with only 1.1% of households having no motor vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is matched by a high number of people working from home, which is far above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly half of all households have two vehicles, and 16.8% have three. Very few people get by without a car, a figure that is well below both the New South Wales and national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Copacabana, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 34.2% of people doing so, which is far above the Australian average of 21.0%. Most other residents drive to work, while only 1.0% use public transport.
34.2% ▲ +422.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -38.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
Bus services are the only public transport option, with 13 stops and 2 routes providing more access than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.
13
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.63
Higher than 76% 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).
699.9
Higher than 82% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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).
15,128
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 71 minutes to drive to the city. Despite this distance, the walk to the nearest transport stop is very short, taking only 2 minutes, which is much lower than in most areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
71
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality 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 Copacabana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11056/copacabana/topic/transport