Coleraine · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Coleraine

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A total reliance on cars defines daily travel in Coleraine, where not a single worker uses public transport to get to their job. While most homes have at least one vehicle, those without a car face a 26-minute walk to the nearest stop.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 5.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. The most common setup is one vehicle per home, at 38.8%.

5.8% ▼ -30.3%

Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.3%
  • 2016: 7.6%
  • 2021: 5.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Coleraine, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 39%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (15%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here commutes by public transport, and only 9.4% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Most people drive themselves to work, accounting for 62.8% of trips.

9.4% ▲ +2.0%

Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.2%
  • 2016: 11.6%
  • 2021: 9.4%

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: 0.8%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Coleraine, Car (driver) is the majority at 73%; Worked at home is next at 11%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is limited to two bus routes and a single stop. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure, and the area has only 0.94 stops per 1,000 people.

0.94

Higher than 61% 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).

22.6

Higher than 60% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around on foot is a challenge, with the walk to the nearest public transport stop taking 26 minutes, which is higher than most areas.

26

Higher than 63% 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 Coleraine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20614/coleraine/topic/transport