3.1% ▲ —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cooloolabin · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cooloolabin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars remain the only real way to get around Cooloolabin, as public transport is entirely absent. Most households own multiple vehicles to manage the long 122-minute drive to the city, though 17% of the workforce now works from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home has a car, with 44.3% owning two and 19.6% owning three. Only 3.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cooloolabin, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Not a single person uses public transport to get to work. Instead, 58% drive themselves and 17% work from home, which is a little above the Queensland rate of 14.1%.
17.0% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 17.0%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport routes or stops in the area. This means the number of weekly departures is far below the Queensland figure of 720.7 per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
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.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The area is very remote, with a drive time to the city of 122 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. Walking to the nearest stop takes 89 minutes, one of the highest times for this level.
89
Higher 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.
122
Higher than 82% 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 Cooloolabin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30685/cooloolabin/topic/transport