17.2% ▲ +103.2%
Higher than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Coogee · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Coogee
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people live without a car in Coogee than in most similar areas, with 17.2% of homes having no motor vehicle. This trend is matched by a very high number of people working from home, meaning fewer residents need to travel for their daily jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 17.2% of homes in Coogee have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. This is a significant increase from 2011, when only 8.4% of households were without a car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Coogee, 1 vehicle is the majority at 51%; 2 vehicles is next at 25%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers in Coogee work from home, a figure far above the Australian average of 21%. Meanwhile, 4.3% of residents use public transport to get to work, which is a little above the national figure and a rise since 2011.
52.6% ▲ +928.3%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 52.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.3% ▲ +572.0%
Higher than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 24.3%
- 2021: 4.3%
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.
Coogee has far more weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people than the state average, although the number of stops per 1,000 people is well below the New South Wales figure. Buses are the dominant mode of travel, making up 98.3% of the services.
326
Higher than 67% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.94
Lower than 64% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
3,316.8
Higher than 99% of state electorate 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).
37
Higher than 73% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Coogee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10021/coogee/topic/transport