Coomoora · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Coomoora

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

A total reliance on cars defines daily life in Coomoora, where no one uses public transport to get to work. This car-dependent lifestyle is balanced by a high number of residents who work from home, with 28.6% avoiding a daily commute entirely.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households have at least one car, though 6.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.

6.6%

Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 3.5%
  • 2021: 6.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Coomoora, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (15%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here, with 28.6% of the workforce doing so, a figure well above the national average of 21%. No one in the area commutes by public transport.

28.6%

Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 9.1%
  • 2021: 28.6%

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

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 2.5%
  • 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 Coomoora, Car (driver) is the majority at 55%; Worked at home is next at 33%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is nonexistent in Coomoora, with zero stops or routes serving the area. This is far below the Victorian average of 4.41 stops per 1,000 people.

0.00

Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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 around on foot is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 59 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

59

Higher than 85% 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.

76

Higher than 54% 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)).
  • 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 Coomoora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20627/coomoora/topic/transport