Cooya Beach · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Cooya Beach

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

A rise in the number of households without a car is the most notable shift for Cooya Beach since 2011. While almost every home still relies on a vehicle, the area remains very car-dependent with a small number of people using public transport.

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📍 Cooya Beach, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few people here get by without a car, with only 2.8% of homes having no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. Most households own at least two vehicles, including 47.4% who have exactly two.

2.8% ▲ +130.0%

Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.2%
  • 2016: 3.5%
  • 2021: 2.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Cooya Beach, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (12%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 72.7% of residents. Only 6.8% work from home, a figure that is far below the Australian average and has risen slightly since 2011.

6.8% ▲ +37.9%

Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.9%
  • 2016: 4.0%
  • 2021: 6.8%

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

0.8% ▼ -8.1%

Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.9%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.8%

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 Cooya Beach, Car (driver) is the majority at 85%; Worked at home is next at 8%.

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 Cooya Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321033/cooya-beach/topic/transport