Coolup · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Coolup

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

Almost 58% of workers in Coolup drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way people get around. This is a highly vehicle-dependent area where every single home owns at least one motor vehicle. Reliance on cars is mirrored in the commute, with virtually no one using public transport.

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📍 Coolup, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, with 27.1% of homes owning four or more vehicles. This is reflected in the fact that 0.0% of households are without a motor vehicle, a figure well below both the state and national averages.

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Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 27.3%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Coolup, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 4 or more (29%) and 3 vehicles (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Public transport is not used for commuting, and only 5.5% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure. Most residents rely on cars, with 9.9% travelling as a passenger.

5.5% ▲ +22.7%

Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.5%
  • 2016: 2.0%
  • 2021: 5.5%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 2.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Coolup, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Car (passenger) is next at 13%.

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 Coolup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522014/coolup/topic/transport