9.0% ▼ -46.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Coolangatta · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Coolangatta
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Reliance on cars is lower than usual in Coolangatta, where 9% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%, suggesting a lifestyle where many residents can get around without owning a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost half of all households have just one vehicle, and the 9% who have none is much higher than in most other similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Coolangatta, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, but 5.9% walk and 14.9% work from home. While more people use public transport for commuting than in most similar areas, the 1.3% rate remains a little below the national figure.
14.9% ▲ +151.3%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▼ -65.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.3%
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.
Public transport is very accessible here, with 22 stops and weekly departures that are far above the Queensland average. All of these services are provided by buses.
22
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.39
Higher than 71% 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).
2,376.5
Higher than 94% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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.
Getting to a nearby stop is quick, with a typical walk of just 5 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
64
Lower than 53% 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)).
- 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 Coolangatta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30680/coolangatta/topic/transport