5.9% ▼ -41.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Coonabarabran · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Coonabarabran
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 83 minutes is the typical walk to the nearest public transport stop in Coonabarabran, highlighting a heavy reliance on private cars. While most homes own at least one vehicle, very few people use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have one or two cars, with 38% owning one and 35.1% owning two. Only 5.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Coonabarabran splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 63.7% being the driver. Very few people use public transport to commute (0.2%), and at 10.1%, the number of people working from home is far below the national figure.
10.1% ▲ +133.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -69.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
Bus services are the only option here, but access is limited. With only 4.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people, the frequency of service is far below the New South Wales average.
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.
0.29
Higher than 58% 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).
4.6
Higher than 58% 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).
10
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 around without a car is difficult, as the walk to the nearest transport stop is among the longest for areas of this level.
83
Higher than 98% 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 Coonabarabran [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11043/coonabarabran/topic/transport