3.1% ▼ -31.5%
Lower than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Moorabool · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Moorabool
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 3.1% of homes in Moorabool lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. This makes the area far more dependent on cars than most of the country. While many people now work from home, the majority still rely on driving to get to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 39% of homes owning two vehicles and another 29.7% owning three or more. The proportion of households without a car has fallen to 3.1%, a figure much lower than most other areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Moorabool, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has risen sharply to 19.1% since 2011, though this remains a little below the national figure. Most people still drive to work, while only 1.3% use public transport, which is a little below the state and national averages.
19.1% ▲ +272.3%
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▼ -61.0%
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 1.3%
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.
Bus services make up 95.2% of the local network, with 132 stops across the area. While the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is higher than most areas, it is still far below the Victorian figure.
132
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.51
Higher than 53% 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).
485.2
Higher than 72% 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).
11
Higher than 58% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes a typical resident 54 minutes to drive to the city. Getting to a transit stop is more difficult than in most areas, with a typical walk taking 27 minutes.
27
Higher than 60% 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.
54
Lower than 51% of council (lga) 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 Moorabool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA25150/moorabool/topic/transport