Goolgowi · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Goolgowi

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

Almost no one in Goolgowi uses public transport to get to work. Car travel is the primary way people move around, and only 4.8% of homes have no motor vehicle. This reflects a strong reliance on private transport for daily life in the area.

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📍 Goolgowi, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here have at least two vehicles, with 38.1% having exactly two and 21% having three. The proportion of households without a car has dropped sharply, falling from 27.1% in 2011 to just 4.8% in 2021.

4.8% ▼ -82.4%

Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 27.1%
  • 2016: 30.8%
  • 2021: 4.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Goolgowi, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work, with 65.3% of people as the driver. Working from home is far below the national figure at 5.6%, while 12.5% of residents simply walk to their jobs.

5.6% ▲ —

Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 5.6%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.2%
  • 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 Goolgowi, Car (driver) is the majority at 70%; Walked is next at 13%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Goolgowi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122062/goolgowi/topic/transport