Moira · Council (LGA)

Transport & Vehicles in Moira

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

A 49-minute walk to the nearest stop is typical for many in Moira, where car reliance is very high. Most households own at least one vehicle, and very few people use public transport to get to work.

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📍 Moira, Council (LGA)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have two vehicles, and only 4.7% of households have no motor vehicle. This is a little below the national figure and has fallen since 2011.

4.7% ▼ -24.1%

Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 6.1%
  • 2016: 5.1%
  • 2021: 4.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Moira splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Only 0.2% of workers use public transport, which is much lower than most areas. While 11.1% of people work from home, this is far below the Victorian figure.

11.1% ▲ +17.0%

Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 9.5%
  • 2016: 8.6%
  • 2021: 11.1%

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

0.2% ▼ -61.9%

Lower than 83% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 0.4%
  • 2016: 0.3%
  • 2021: 0.2%

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 Moira, Car (driver) is the majority at 75%; Worked at home is next at 13%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport stops per 1,000 people are far below the state average. The local network consists entirely of buses, with 40 stops across 9 routes.

1.31

Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.

Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).

23.2

Lower than 59% of council (lga) 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the nearest stop takes 49 minutes for the typical resident, which is much higher than most areas.

49

Higher than 77% of council (lga) 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.

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 Moira [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA24900/moira/topic/transport