7.1% ▼ -27.7%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cowra · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cowra
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Higher rates of public transport access than most similar areas define Cowra, though cars remain the primary way to get around. While the town has a fair number of routes and stops, very few people actually use these services to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Cowra have one or two cars, but 7.1% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than in most other similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Cowra splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 68.3% of residents. Only 7.9% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
7.9% ▲ +15.9%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▲ +34.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.2%
- 2016: 0.1%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
With 10 routes and 41 stops, Cowra has more public transport infrastructure than most similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure.
41
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.04
Higher than 74% 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).
85.4
Higher than 67% 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).
10
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.
Getting to the nearest transport stop takes a typical 66 minutes, which is much higher than in most other areas.
66
Higher than 89% 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 Cowra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11099/cowra/topic/transport