1.9% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cobblebank · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cobblebank
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A high reliance on cars defines Cobblebank, where only 1.9% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, reflecting a community where most households own at least two cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Half of all homes here have two vehicles, and 13.2% have three. Very few households get by without a car, a rate far lower than the 7.6% seen across Victoria.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cobblebank, 2 vehicles is the majority at 51%; 1 vehicle is next at 29%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 61.6% as the driver. The proportion of people working from home is 16.2%, which is well below the national figure of 21.0%.
16.2% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.7% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
While Cobblebank has more transport routes and stops than many similar areas, these are all bus services. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 186.6, which is far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.11
Higher than 62% 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).
186.6
Higher than 73% 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).
7,598
Lower than 62% 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 31 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than in most areas. The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes 20 minutes.
20
Higher than 59% 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.
31
Lower than 73% 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 Cobblebank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20590/cobblebank/topic/transport