Koumala · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Koumala

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

Over half of workers in Koumala drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. This is a highly motorised area where every single home owns at least one vehicle. While some people work from home, there is very little access to public transport options.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every home in Koumala has a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are well equipped, with 33.2% owning two vehicles and 15.8% having four or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.1%
  • 2016: 1.5%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Koumala, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 34%, followed by 3 vehicles (27%) and 1 vehicle (24%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 55% of residents. About 18% of the workforce works from home, a figure that is well above the Queensland average but well below the national figure.

18.0% ▲ +41.2%

Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 12.7%
  • 2016: 16.4%
  • 2021: 18.0%

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

1.1% ▼ -24.4%

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.4%
  • 2016: 0.8%
  • 2021: 1.1%

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 Koumala, Car (driver) is the majority at 67%; Worked at home is next at 22%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is almost non-existent here, with no stops or routes available. This means the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure.

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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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Koumala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31574/koumala/topic/transport