Cobram · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Cobram

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A stark gap exists between Cobram and the rest of the country in how people get to work, with very few residents working from home. While most households rely on cars, about 7.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most other similar areas.

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📍 Cobram, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

The typical household here has one or two cars, with 41.2% owning one and 33.8% owning two. The proportion of homes without a vehicle has fallen since 2011, though it remains much higher than in most similar areas.

7.6% ▼ -23.0%

Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 9.8%
  • 2016: 8.1%
  • 2021: 7.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Cobram, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (12%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the dominant choice for 69.3% of workers, while only 4.6% work from home—a figure far below the national average. Public transport is rarely used for commuting, with only 0.2% of workers choosing this option.

4.6% ▲ +179.2%

Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.6%
  • 2016: 2.6%
  • 2021: 4.6%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.2% ▼ -54.4%

Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.5%
  • 2016: 0.2%
  • 2021: 0.2%

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.

How people get to work

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In Cobram, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Car (passenger) is next at 9%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Cobram [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214004/cobram/topic/transport