3.6% ▼ -28.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Koo Wee Rup · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Koo Wee Rup
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people in Koo Wee Rup rely on private cars than in most similar areas. Nearly every home has at least one vehicle, and very few residents use public transport for their daily commute. This reliance on driving is mirrored by the long travel times required to reach the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own multiple cars, with 42% having two and another 28.7% owning three or more. Only 3.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Koo Wee Rup, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 68.5% of residents. Very few people use public transport, at just 0.4%, and only 11.9% work from home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
11.9% ▲ +104.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -51.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 there are four public transport routes and two stops, these are all bus services. Despite having more routes than 85% of similar areas, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.49
Higher than 59% 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).
65.0
Higher than 65% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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.
It takes about 51 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than most similar areas. However, getting to a transit stop is difficult, with a typical walk taking 37 minutes.
37
Higher than 72% 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.
51
Lower than 61% 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 Koo Wee Rup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21380/koo-wee-rup/topic/transport