5.2% ▼ -34.8%
Lower than 55% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Coffs Harbour · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Coffs Harbour
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for daily life in Coffs Harbour, where only 5.2% of homes lack a motor vehicle. This reliance on driving is clear in the way people get to work and the limited number of public transport trips available compared to the state average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least one car, with 37.8% having two and 12.5% owning three. The proportion of homes without a vehicle has fallen since 2011 and is now well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Coffs Harbour splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 64.8% of residents, while only 0.6% use public transport. Working from home has risen to 11.8% since 2011, though this remains far below the state figure of 31.0%.
11.8% ▲ +92.5%
Lower than 60% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -2.8%
Lower than 78% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
Buses provide almost all of the local service, but access is limited with only 3.68 stops per 1,000 people. This is well below the New South Wales average, and the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.
340
Higher than 58% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.68
Lower than 65% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
378.1
Lower than 64% of sub-region (sa3) 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).
39
Higher than 70% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Coffs Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10402/coffs-harbour/topic/transport