9.7% ▼ -26.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Coonamble · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Coonamble
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car travel remains the primary way people get around Coonamble, as public transport options are very limited. While most homes rely on one or two vehicles, nearly 10% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 39% of homes in Coonamble have one vehicle and 33% have two. However, 9.7% of households have no motor vehicle, a rate much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Coonamble, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 39%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 69.1% of people as the driver and 6.4% as passengers. Very few people work from home at 5.5%, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
5.5% ▼ -44.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 5.5%
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: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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.
Public transport is almost non-existent for commuters, with 0% using it to get to work. While the town has three bus routes and one stop, the number of weekly departures is far below the state 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.
0.38
Higher than 59% 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).
5.3
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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Coonamble [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11044/coonamble/topic/transport