16.2% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Cooke Plains · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cooke Plains
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Driving is the primary way to get around Cooke Plains, with 32.4% of workers commuting by car. While the area has a high number of bus stops for its size, very few people actually use public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 4 or more at 26%, ahead of 2 vehicles (21%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cooke Plains, the largest group is 4 or more at 31%, followed by 2 vehicles (25%) and 3 vehicles (25%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area commutes using public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. Around 16.2% of workers operate from home, a rate well above the South Australian average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
Cooke Plains has 28.99 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the South Australian figure, and all available services are buses.
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.
28.99
Higher than 97% 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).
173.9
Higher than 72% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 to the city takes longer than in most areas, with a typical drive time of 84 minutes. Walking to the nearest transport stop also takes much longer than in most areas, with a 60-minute walk required.
60
Higher than 85% 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.
84
Higher than 59% 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 Cooke Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40297/cooke-plains/topic/transport