2.6% ▼ -44.2%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Coolum Beach · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Coolum Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A tiny 0.8% of workers use public transport in Coolum Beach, making it a place where most people rely on their own cars. Very few homes get by without a vehicle, and the area has much lower access to public transport than most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households lack a car, with only 2.6% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%, and the number has fallen 2.1 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Coolum Beach, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (37%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, though 18.0% now work from home, a figure that rose 12 points since 2011. This is well above the state average, though it remains well below the national figure of 21.0%.
18.0% ▲ +183.0%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -42.6%
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 options are limited, with only 3 routes serving the area and all of them being buses. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the Queensland figure.
40
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.51
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
475.3
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
3
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is challenging for those without a car, as a 16-minute walk to the nearest stop is much higher than in most areas. The drive time to the city is also much higher than most areas at 79 minutes.
16
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
79
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Coolum Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/316031425/coolum-beach/topic/transport