6.9% ▼ -21.6%
Higher than 66% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Moreton · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Moreton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people use public transport to get to work in Moreton than in most other similar areas. While many still rely on cars, the area is well-served by a large network of transit options. This ease of movement is highlighted by a quick 15-minute drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the Queensland figure and has fallen since 2011. Most households own one or two vehicles, with 37.9% having one and 37.8% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Moreton splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has risen sharply to 19.2% since 2016. Public transport use for commuting is 7.3%, which is well above both the state and national figures, though it has fallen 6.0 percentage points since 2016.
19.2% —
Higher than 59% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.3% —
Higher than 93% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 7.3%
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.
Access to transit is a major feature here, with 888 stops and 119 routes. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 1,459.7, which is far above the Queensland figure of 720.7, with buses making up 95.3% of the services.
888
Higher than 69% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.27
Higher than 70% of federal electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,459.7
Higher than 68% of federal electorate 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).
119
Higher than 88% of federal electorate 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 the city is fast, with a typical drive time of only 15 minutes. However, walking to the nearest transport stop takes about 13 minutes, which is longer than in most areas.
13
Higher than 64% of federal electorate 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.
15
Lower than 83% of federal electorate 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 Moreton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED324/moreton/topic/transport