5.3% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Coolgardie · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Coolgardie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive gap exists between Coolgardie and the rest of the country regarding flexible work, with far fewer people working from home than the national figure. Most residents here rely on private cars, though a small number use public transport to get to work. The area is sparsely populated across its vast landscape.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Coolgardie have at least one car, with 35.9% of households owning two vehicles. Only 5.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that has barely changed since 2011 and is slightly lower than the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Coolgardie splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 64.2% of people. Working from home is very rare here at 1.5%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%, while those using public transport fell to 4.6% since 2011.
1.5% ▲ +39.8%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.6% ▼ -25.1%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 4.6%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is limited, with only 4 routes and 15 stops across the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Western Australian figure, though the 4.31 stops per 1,000 people is higher than most similar areas.
15
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.31
Higher than 63% 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).
18.7
Lower than 63% 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).
4
Lower than 57% 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 Coolgardie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51960/coolgardie/topic/transport