5.9% ▲ +68.2%
Higher than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cooper · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Cooper
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Much higher public transport access than most similar areas defines Cooper, where 28.6% of the workforce now works from home. This shift towards flexible work is part of a broader trend in the area's commuting habits. While most residents still rely on cars, the community has seen a significant rise in both remote work and the use of public transit.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Cooper have one or two cars, with 38.9% owning two and 38.1% owning one. About 5.9% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland average but has risen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Cooper splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than in the rest of the state, with 28.6% of workers doing so. Use of public transport for commuting is also well above the national figure at 6.4%, having risen by 5.9 percentage points since 2011.
28.6% ▲ +291.0%
Higher than 81% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.4% ▲ +1231.4%
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 6.4%
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 well-served by 100 different routes and 315 stops, providing far more weekly departures per person than the Queensland average. Buses are the primary mode of transport, making up 98.8% of the local network.
315
Higher than 64% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.00
Higher than 78% 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).
1,924.6
Higher than 83% 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).
100
Higher than 88% 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 Cooper [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30023/cooper/topic/transport