Coolagolite · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Coolagolite

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every single home in Coolagolite has a motor vehicle, placing the area well below the state and national figures for households without a car. This heavy reliance on private transport is a key feature of the area, where most families own two or more vehicles.

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📍 Coolagolite, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, with 43% of homes having two vehicles and 17.4% owning four or more. No homes in the area are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Coolagolite, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 3 vehicles (20%) and 1 vehicle (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 59.1% of people as the driver and 2.9% as passengers. Working from home is used by 16.8% of the workforce, which is far below the 31% seen across New South Wales.

16.8% ▼ -16.1%

Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 20.0%
  • 2016: 12.5%
  • 2021: 16.8%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.9%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Coolagolite, Car (driver) is the majority at 75%; Worked at home is next at 21%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are 10 public transport stops and one bus route in the area, which is more than most similar places. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.

32.36

Higher than 99% 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).

275.1

Higher than 74% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Walking to the nearest transport stop takes a typical 66 minutes, which is much higher than most other areas.

66

Higher than 89% 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 Coolagolite [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11023/coolagolite/topic/transport