Moranbah · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Moranbah

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

Nearly 68% of workers in Moranbah drive themselves to work, highlighting a strong reliance on cars. Very few people here work from home or use public transport, and almost every household owns at least one vehicle.

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📍 Moranbah, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high, with only 2.4% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4% and has remained steady since 2011.

2.4% ▲ +2.2%

Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 2.4%
  • 2016: 2.2%
  • 2021: 2.4%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Moranbah, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is rare here, at just 3.3%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%. Most people commute by car, while public transport use is low at 2.2% and has fallen since 2011.

3.3% ▲ +83.3%

Lower than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 1.8%
  • 2016: 2.5%
  • 2021: 3.3%

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

2.2% ▼ -30.8%

Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 3.2%
  • 2016: 1.6%
  • 2021: 2.2%

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 Moranbah, Car (driver) is the majority at 80%; Car (passenger) is next at 9%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in Moranbah. This lack of infrastructure is far below the Queensland average and is smaller than about 90% of similar areas.

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Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

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Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Moranbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/312011341/moranbah/topic/transport