3.1% ▼ -61.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Coolah · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Coolah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership has remained essential for residents in Coolah, where only 3.1% of homes lack a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure, reflecting a place where most people rely on their own transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 37.7% owning two and 12% having four or more. Very few homes are without a vehicle, a rate that is well below both the state and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Coolah, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive to work, though 21.6% work from home, which is about the same as the national figure. Very few people use public transport to commute, at just 1.2%.
21.6% ▲ +42.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 21.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▲ —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 is limited to two bus routes. While the number of stops is higher than in many similar areas, the number of weekly departures per person is far below the New South Wales average.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.58
Higher than 64% 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).
1.6
Higher than 57% 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 public transport can be difficult, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 75 minutes. This is among the highest walk times for areas at this level.
75
Higher than 94% 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 Coolah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11024/coolah/topic/transport