Coomalbidgup · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Coomalbidgup

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Private cars remain the primary way to get around Coomalbidgup, where no households are without a motor vehicle. While some residents now work from home, the area relies almost entirely on driving for daily travel.

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📍 Coomalbidgup, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in Coomalbidgup has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures. Nearly 30% of households own either two or three vehicles, and another 18.9% have four or more.

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.

Motor vehicles per home

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Coomalbidgup splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (30%) and 3 vehicles (30%), with 1 vehicle at 22%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most of the workforce drives to work, though 19.1% work from home, a figure far above the Western Australian average. No one in the area uses public transport to commute.

19.1% ▼ -39.5%

Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 31.6%
  • 2016: 32.9%
  • 2021: 19.1%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Coomalbidgup, Car (driver) is the majority at 73%; Worked at home is next at 22%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are 8 public transport stops and two bus routes, which is among the highest for areas at this level. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.

58.82

Higher 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).

352.9

Higher than 76% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the nearest transport stop takes much longer than in most areas, with a typical walk of 51 minutes.

51

Higher than 80% 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.

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 Coomalbidgup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50331/coomalbidgup/topic/transport