Coolana · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Coolana

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

Zero homes in Coolana are without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national and state averages. This total reliance on cars reflects a rural setting where almost every household owns at least two vehicles and public transport is not available.

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📍 Coolana, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are essential here, with 89.7% of homes owning two or more vehicles. Not a single household in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is much lower than the 7.4% national figure.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Coolana, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 4 or more (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common for 22.2% of residents, which is well above the Queensland average. Most people who do leave for work drive themselves, and no one uses public transport to commute.

22.2% ▲ +27.4%

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 17.4%
  • 2016: 12.5%
  • 2021: 22.2%

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: 0.0%
  • 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 Coolana, Car (driver) is the majority at 68%; Worked at home is next at 25%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area, leaving residents with no access to transit. This is far below the state average for the number of stops and departures 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).

0.0

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).

0

Lower than 99% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

It takes about 47 minutes to drive from Coolana to the city, which is faster than it is for most similar areas.

47

Lower than 63% 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 Coolana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30679/coolana/topic/transport