9.6% ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Coomalie · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Coomalie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more homes in Coomalie lack a motor vehicle than in most similar areas. While nearly 10% of households have no car, the area's total lack of public transport means residents must rely on private travel or walking to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Typical homes here have one or two vehicles, though 9.6% of households have none. This figure is a little above the national average, despite falling slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Coomalie, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 39%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly half of workers drive themselves to work, while 17% walk. About 9% work from home, which is well above the Northern Territory figure but far below the national average.
9.0% ▲ +23.6%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▲ +35.2%
Lower than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means access to transit is far below the Northern Territory average, with zero weekly departures per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is 53 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this level.
53
Lower than 51% of council (lga) areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Coomalie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA70700/coomalie/topic/transport