1.4% ▼ -50.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cowaramup · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cowaramup
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes go without a car in Cowaramup than across Western Australia. Nearly half of all households own two vehicles, reflecting a heavy reliance on private cars for daily life in this rural area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 50% of homes have two vehicles, and 18.3% have three. Only 1.4% of households lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cowaramup, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 57.4% as the driver. While 12.9% work from home—well above the state average—only 1.6% use public transport, which is a little below the national figure.
12.9% ▲ +3.9%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▲ +89.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 consists entirely of buses, with three stops and one route. While the number of stops is higher than in many similar areas, the 17.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
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.
1.21
Higher than 62% 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).
17.7
Higher than 59% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
It takes a typical resident 23 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop, which is longer than in most similar areas.
23
Higher than 61% 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 Cowaramup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50347/cowaramup/topic/transport