17.6% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Coconut Grove · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Coconut Grove
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A quick one-minute walk to the nearest stop makes Coconut Grove one of the most accessible areas for transit. This is a place where far more people live without a car than in most of Australia, with 17.6% of homes having no motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 18% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is far above the national figure of 7.4%. Most households rely on one car, while 28.5% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Coconut Grove, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and No vehicle (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is well above the territory average at 5.9%. However, very few people work from home here, with only 3.5% doing so, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
3.5% ▲ +45.4%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.9% ▼ -15.3%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 5.9%
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.
The area is very well connected, with 13 stops across 7 routes and weekly departures that are far above the Northern Territory average. It also takes much less time to reach the city by transit than in most other areas.
13
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.50
Higher than 75% 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).
1,084.7
Higher than 87% 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
20,856
Higher than 74% 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).
47,998
Higher than 64% 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).
38
Lower than 84% 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 around is easy for residents, as the typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes only one minute, which is much lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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)).
- 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 Coconut Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70059/coconut-grove/topic/transport