9.1% ▼ -27.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Coffs Harbour · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Coffs Harbour
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Most of the 65.5% of workers in Coffs Harbour drive themselves to work, showing a heavy reliance on cars. While the area has a high number of transport stops and routes, very few people actually use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. Most households keep one or two cars, with 43.1% owning one and 33% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Coffs Harbour, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than in the rest of Australia, with only 9.1% of people doing so. Just 0.9% of workers commute by public transport, a figure that is a little below the national average.
9.1% ▲ +92.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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.
Coffs Harbour has 150 public transport stops and 35 routes, which is among the largest for an area of its size. However, the 815.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the New South Wales figure.
150
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.54
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
815.3
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality 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).
35
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Access to transport is convenient for many, as the walking time to the nearest stop is among the lowest for similar areas.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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.
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 Coffs Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10959/coffs-harbour/topic/transport