Koo Wee Rup · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Koo Wee Rup

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

Almost 70% of working residents in Koo Wee Rup drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars. Very few people use public transport, while the number of people working from home has risen to 10.6% since 2011.

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📍 Koo Wee Rup, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is high here, with 43.8% of homes owning two vehicles and 8.9% having four or more. Only 3.9% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national and state averages.

3.9% ▼ -37.8%

Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 6.3%
  • 2016: 6.7%
  • 2021: 3.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Koo Wee Rup, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the dominant way to travel, with 70.3% of workers as the driver. Only 0.5% of people use public transport to get to work, which is a little below the national figure and has barely changed since 2011.

10.6% ▲ +253.1%

Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.0%
  • 2016: 3.4%
  • 2021: 10.6%

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

0.5% ▲ +34.7%

Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.4%
  • 2016: 0.2%
  • 2021: 0.5%

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 Koo Wee Rup, Car (driver) is the majority at 82%; Worked at home is next at 12%.

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 Koo Wee Rup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215043/koo-wee-rup/topic/transport