Corowa · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Corowa

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Over 71% of working residents in Corowa drive themselves to work. This reliance on cars is reflected in the local fleet, where 78% of households own at least two motor vehicles.

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📍 Corowa, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have one or two cars, though 6.3% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, despite being a little below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.

6.3% ▼ -21.9%

Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.0%
  • 2016: 6.2%
  • 2021: 6.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Corowa, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (11%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is far below the national figure, with only 5.9% of people doing so. No one in the area commutes by public transport, which is well below the Australian average of 3.1%.

5.9% ▲ +79.0%

Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.3%
  • 2016: 3.5%
  • 2021: 5.9%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.3%
  • 2016: 0.1%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Corowa, Car (driver) is the majority at 82%; Worked at home is next at 7%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are 8 public transport routes and 5 stops in the area, which is more than about 77% of similar places. However, weekly departures are far below the state average.

0.89

Higher than 61% 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).

26.3

Higher than 60% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to a transport stop takes a long time here, with a typical 33-minute walk. This is higher than most other areas.

33

Higher than 69% 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 Corowa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11080/corowa/topic/transport