11.2% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Coober Pedy · Urban Centre
Transport & Vehicles in Coober Pedy
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Coober Pedy compared to the rest of the country. While most residents rely on cars, 11.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.2% of households here have no motor vehicle, a rate that is well above the South Australian figure of 7.2%, though this has fallen slightly since 2011. Most homes have just one vehicle (44.1%) or two (29.3%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Coober Pedy, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here at 4.6%, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%. Most people drive to work (62.0%) or walk (11.4%), while only 0.6% use public transport.
4.6% ▼ -4.1%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -68.8%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
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 Coober Pedy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415010/coober-pedy/topic/transport