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.
Coolangatta · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Coolangatta
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer people rely on public transport in Coolangatta (NSW) than in most similar areas, with a strong reliance on private cars. Every single home in the area has at least one motor vehicle, and the typical resident spends over an hour and a half driving to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as 0% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households own multiple cars, with 45.8% having two and 24.3% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Coolangatta, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 4 or more (24%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 21.8% of residents, which is about the same as the national figure. However, almost no one uses public transport to get to work, a rate that is well below the Australian average of 3.1%.
21.8% ▲ +87.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 21.8%
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: 2.7%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
While the area has more transport stops per 1,000 people than most similar places, it remains far below the New South Wales average. All available public transport is provided by a single bus route.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.09
Higher than 70% 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).
15.4
Higher than 59% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 around is slow, with a 105-minute drive to the city, which is higher than most areas. A walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 14 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
14
Higher than 51% 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.
105
Higher than 72% 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 Coolangatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11026/coolangatta/topic/transport