1.9% ▲ —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cottles Bridge · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cottles Bridge
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Cottles Bridge than in the rest of Victoria, with only 1.9% of households without a vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is a defining feature of the area, where public transport is almost entirely absent.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 84% of households owning two or more vehicles. This explains why the 1.9% of homes without a car is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cottles Bridge, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 4 or more (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 28% of people doing so, which is well above the Australian figure of 21%. For those who travel, nearly half drive themselves to work, while 0% use public transport.
28.0% ▲ +213.4%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 28.0%
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: 3.5%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is nonexistent in the area, with zero stops or routes available. This puts the area far below the state figure for transport access, with no one able to reach other people via transit within 45 minutes.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Getting around is dominated by the car, as the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 55 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is 38 minutes.
55
Higher than 82% 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.
38
Lower than 69% 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 Cottles Bridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20654/cottles-bridge/topic/transport