Cowan Cowan · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Cowan Cowan

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

A drive time of 387 minutes to the city makes Cowan Cowan one of the most remote areas in its group. This sparsely populated place has no public transport services, leaving residents entirely dependent on private travel.

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📍 Cowan Cowan, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 45%, ahead of 4 or more (27%).

Motor vehicles per home

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In Cowan Cowan, 2 vehicles is the majority at 63%; 4 or more is next at 38%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

The most common how people get to work is Worked at home at 56%, ahead of Car (driver) (33%).

How people get to work

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In Cowan Cowan, Worked at home is the majority at 63%; Car (driver) is next at 38%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops, routes, or departures here. This means zero people can reach other areas by transit within 45 minutes, a figure far below the Queensland average.

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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).

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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).

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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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the city is a major challenge, with a drive time of 387 minutes, which is among the highest for similar areas.

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Higher than 99% 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

  • 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 Cowan Cowan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30736/cowan-cowan/topic/transport