Coen · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Coen

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

One in four homes in Coen have no motor vehicle, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This lack of car ownership is far above the Queensland and Australian figures, while a large number of workers simply walk to their jobs.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 25.6% of households have no motor vehicle, far above the 5.8% seen in Queensland. For those who do own cars, 37.8% have just one vehicle, while 7.3% own four or more.

25.6% ▲ +14.7%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 22.3%
  • 2016: 19.5%
  • 2021: 25.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Coen, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by No vehicle (28%) and 2 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Walking is the most common way to get to work at 43.9%, while 47% of workers use a car. Very few people work from home at 4.5%, which is far below the national figure of 21%.

4.5% ▼ -68.4%

Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.4%
  • 2016: 6.6%
  • 2021: 4.5%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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 Coen, the largest group is Walked at 46%, followed by Car (driver) (32%) and Car (passenger) (17%).

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in Coen. This means weekly departures are far below the Queensland figure of 720.7 per 1,000 people.

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Lower than 99% 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).

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Lower 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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Coen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30643/coen/topic/transport