2.0% ▲ —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
North Coogee · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in North Coogee
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 2% of homes in North Coogee lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households rely heavily on cars, though a small number of residents use the area's bus network to commute. The suburb offers a quick 29-minute drive to the city, making it more accessible by car than most similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, with 45.5% of homes owning two vehicles and 35.2% having one. This explains why the proportion of homes without a car is a little below the Western Australian average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In North Coogee, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 63.6% acting as the driver. While 10.8% work from home—a figure well above the state average—this is far below the national trend.
10.8% ▲ +36.1%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% ▼ -35.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 2.2%
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.
Bus services are the only option for public transport, with 11 stops providing more access than about 82% of similar areas. However, the 74-minute transit time to the city is much higher than in most other areas.
11
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.94
Higher than 69% 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).
607.3
Higher than 80% 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).
3,741
Lower than 51% 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).
30,381
Higher than 56% 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).
74
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting into the city is relatively fast by car, taking typically 29 minutes. Residents also benefit from a short walk to the nearest transport stop, which takes about 6 minutes and is lower than most areas.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
29
Lower than 75% 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 North Coogee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51135/north-coogee/topic/transport