10.9% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Coober Pedy · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Coober Pedy
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 62% of workers in Coober Pedy drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. This reliance on private transport is underscored by a total lack of public transport services, although an unusual 10.9% of homes do not have a motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 11% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. For those who do own cars, the most common situation is having just one vehicle, which applies to 44.5% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Coober Pedy, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking to work is common here at 10.2%, while only 5.1% of people work from home, a figure far below the Australian average of 21%. Just 1.1% of residents use public transport for their commute.
5.1% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -39.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 non-existent in Coober Pedy, with zero routes or stops available. This puts the area far below the South Australian average for service frequency and 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).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Coober Pedy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40295/coober-pedy/topic/transport