1.1% ▼ -78.5%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 1.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Coledale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Coledale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people work from home in Coledale than in most similar areas, with 41.3% of the workforce doing so. This high rate of remote work is paired with a very high reliance on private cars, as almost every household owns at least one vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 1.1% of homes lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%. Most households are well equipped, with 44.6% owning two vehicles and 17.9% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Coledale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than across Australia, where only 21% do so. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.7%, which is a little below the state and national figures.
41.3% ▲ +654.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -88.0%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
The area has 10.2 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales average of 5.27. While there are 14 stops across two routes, the number of weekly departures is a little below the state figure.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.20
Higher than 87% 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).
1,085.3
Higher than 87% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
Getting to a nearby stop is easier than in most areas, with a typical walk of 6 minutes. The drive time to the city is 59 minutes, which is around the middle for similar places.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
59
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality 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 Coledale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10966/coledale/topic/transport