3.0% ▼ -52.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Coolongolook · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Coolongolook
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 3% of homes in Coolongolook lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. Most households rely heavily on cars to get around, as public transport use for commuting is non-existent. This creates a strong dependence on private vehicles for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 37.6% of homes owning two vehicles and 18% owning four or more. Very few households are without a car, which is much lower than the typical Australian or New South Wales home.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Coolongolook, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 4 or more (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area commutes via public transport, and only 10.4% work from home, which is far below the state and national figures. Instead, over half of the workforce drives themselves to work.
10.4% ▼ -32.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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 9 public transport stops—far more per person than the state average—these are all bus stops with very few weekly departures. This means that although stops are physically present, service levels are far below the state average.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
23.56
Higher than 94% 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).
144.0
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).
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.
It takes about 12 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for similar areas.
12
Lower 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.
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 Coolongolook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11032/coolongolook/topic/transport