3.0% —
Lower than 84% of state electorate areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cockburn (South Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Cockburn (South Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Cockburn (South Metropolitan) than across the country, with only 6.2% doing so. Most residents rely on cars to get around, though the area has better access to public transport stops than most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, and only 3.0% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households own two vehicles, while about 15% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cockburn (South Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 65.3% of people using a car. Around 4.5% of workers use public transport, which is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the Australian average.
6.2% —
Lower than 85% of state electorate areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.5% —
Higher than 78% of state electorate areas.
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 is mostly bus-based, with 94.9% of services using this mode. There are 5.38 stops per 1,000 people, which is higher than most areas and about the same as the Western Australian figure.
259
Lower than 51% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.38
Higher than 66% 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).
1,512.0
Higher than 70% 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).
24
Lower than 57% 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 Cockburn (South Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED51605/cockburn/topic/transport