Cockatoo Valley · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Cockatoo Valley

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

Not a single home in Cockatoo Valley is without a motor vehicle, marking a huge gap from the national figure. This total reliance on cars defines how people move around the area, with most households owning multiple vehicles for their daily needs.

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📍 Cockatoo Valley, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, as 20.8% of homes have four or more vehicles and 39.4% have two. This explains why the 0.0% of homes without a car is well below the Australian average of 7.4%.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 1.6%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Cockatoo Valley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 3 vehicles (30%) and 4 or more (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Nearly 70% of workers drive themselves to work, while 8.8% work from home. Public transport use is much higher than in most similar areas, though it is still a little below the South Australian figure of 4.1%.

8.8% ▲ +59.2%

Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.6%
  • 2016: 7.4%
  • 2021: 8.8%

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

1.9% ▼ -32.4%

Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.8%
  • 2016: 2.3%
  • 2021: 1.9%

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 Cockatoo Valley, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Worked at home is next at 10%.

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 Cockatoo Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421006/cockatoo-valley/topic/transport