5.7% ▼ -16.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Goonellabah · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Goonellabah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 100 public transport stops serve Goonellabah, providing a level of access that is among the highest for areas of this size. Despite these facilities, the area remains heavily reliant on cars for daily travel. Only 0.4% of workers use public transport to get to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Goonellabah have one or two cars, with 39% and 38.2% respectively. About 5.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Goonellabah splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 66.7% of people being the driver. Only 10.8% of residents work from home, a figure that is far below the New South Wales and national averages.
10.8% ▲ +344.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -52.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
With 7.27 stops per 1,000 people, transit access is much higher than most areas and well above the state figure. However, the 496.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales average.
97
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.27
Higher than 86% 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).
496.5
Higher than 78% 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).
12
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.
Walking distance to the nearest stop is among the lowest at this level, with some residents having no distance to travel to reach a stop.
0
Lower than 99% 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 Goonellabah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11717/goonellabah/topic/transport