9.1% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Coolaroo · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Coolaroo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 60% of working residents in Coolaroo drive themselves to work, though the area has an unusually high number of public transport options. While most rely on cars, 9.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most other areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, but the 9.1% of households without a vehicle is a little above the Victorian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Coolaroo, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 39%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is among the highest for similar areas at 7.3%, which is well above the national figure. This contrasts with working from home, which at 11.6% is far below the state average.
11.6% ▲ +601.0%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.3% ▼ -18.5%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 7.3%
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.
Coolaroo has a very high level of service, with 41 stops and 9 routes. The number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people are both far above the Victorian average, though the trip to the city takes longer than in most areas.
41
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
12.84
Higher than 89% 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).
4,632.0
Higher than 99% 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).
9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
13,859
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
65,854
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
64
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest transport stop is very easy, with a typical walk of just one minute. However, the drive time to the city is 22 minutes, which is much lower than in most other areas.
1
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.
22
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Coolaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20624/coolaroo/topic/transport