3.8% ▼ -31.0%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Coolamon · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Coolamon
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer households live without a car in Coolamon than in most other parts of the country. Only 3.8% of homes lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This heavy reliance on private cars shapes how people move around and get to work in the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 36.6% owning two and 18.4% owning three. The proportion of households without a vehicle has fallen since 2011, dropping from 5.5% to 3.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Coolamon, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 63.5% of people, while only 0.5% use public transport. Those working from home make up 13.5% of the workforce, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%.
13.5% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▲ +10.5%
Lower than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Coolamon has 11.63 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales average. However, the actual frequency of service is very low, with weekly departures per 1,000 people sitting far below the state figure.
51
Higher than 54% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
11.63
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
110.8
Higher than 56% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
11
Higher than 58% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Coolamon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA12000/coolamon/topic/transport