4.4% ▼ -20.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Coolamon · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Coolamon
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 16 public transport stops per 1,000 people make Coolamon's stop density among the highest for similar areas. Despite this, the town relies heavily on cars for daily travel. Only 4.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 38.3% having two vehicles and 11.1% owning four or more. Very few homes get by without a car, a figure that is a little below the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Coolamon, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 68% of residents as the driver. Far fewer people work from home here than across the state, and no one uses public transport for their commute.
10.1% ▲ +28.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 10.1%
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: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
While the area has 36 stops and 9 routes, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure. Bus services make up almost all of the available transport, at 98.8%.
36
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
15.82
Higher than 90% 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).
150.3
Higher than 72% 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).
9
Higher than 86% 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 transit stop is relatively easy here, as the typical walk to the nearest stop is only 3 minutes, which is much lower than most similar areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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 Coolamon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11025/coolamon/topic/transport