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.
Cooya Beach · Urban Centre
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.
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.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Cooya Beach, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
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.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 73% of urban centre 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.
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