0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cookernup · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cookernup
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Most homes in Cookernup have at least two cars, with 42.4% of households owning exactly two. This reliance on private vehicles is stark, as every single home in the area has at least one motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here; 22.9% of homes have four or more vehicles, and 18.1% have three. This is far below the state and national figures for homes without a car, which is 0.0% in Cookernup.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cookernup, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 4 or more (23%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way people get to work, with 62.5% as the driver and 4.7% as a passenger. While 10.5% work from home—well above the Western Australian figure—only 1.1% use public transport.
10.5% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▲ +33.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 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.
There are 3 public transport stops and 2 routes serving the area, which is more than most similar places. However, the 76.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian figure of 1,623.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.97
Higher than 77% 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).
76.2
Higher than 66% 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 around without a car is difficult, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 49 minutes. This is much higher than most areas, and the drive time to the city is also higher than usual at 85 minutes.
49
Higher than 79% 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.
85
Higher than 60% 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).
More for Cookernup
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Cookernup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50322/cookernup/topic/transport