0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cockatoo Valley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cockatoo Valley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people live without a car in Cockatoo Valley than in the rest of South Australia, with 0% of homes lacking a vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is a defining feature of the area, where the vast majority of households own multiple vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes are well-equipped for travel, as 92.3% of households have two or more motor vehicles. This means no home in the area is without a car, which is well below the 7.2% of South Australian homes that have none.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cockatoo Valley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 4 or more (25%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 66% of residents. While 11.4% work from home, this is well below the national figure of 21%.
11.4% ▲ +116.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% ▼ -32.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 virtually non-existent here, with no routes or stops available. This leaves the area far below the South Australian average for transport access.
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around without a car is difficult, as it would take 41 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is much higher than most areas. The drive to the city takes 47 minutes.
41
Higher than 74% 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.
47
Lower than 63% 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 Cockatoo Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40276/cockatoo-valley/topic/transport