6.5% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cooloongup · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cooloongup
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Cooloongup compared to the rest of Australia, with only 3.8% doing so. This is a community where most people travel for work, often relying on a high number of local public transport options to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Western Australian figure. For the rest, the most common setup is one vehicle per home, at 40.1%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cooloongup, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 40%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is among the highest for this area type at 4.7%, which is a little above the national figure. This is consistent with the very low number of people working from home, which is far below the Australian average.
3.8% ▲ +138.7%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.7% ▼ -22.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 4.7%
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.
Cooloongup has 39 public transport stops and 10 routes, both among the largest at this level. This provides a high number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people compared to most similar areas, though the number of people reachable within 30 minutes by transit is very low.
39
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.82
Higher than 81% 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).
1,399.0
Higher than 88% 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).
10
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
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).
8,503
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is 37 minutes, which is lower than most areas. It takes about 18 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop, placing the area around the middle for its level.
18
Higher than 57% 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.
37
Lower than 69% 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)).
- 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 Cooloongup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50329/cooloongup/topic/transport