5.8% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Moil · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Moil
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Dependence on cars is high in Moil, where only 5.8% of homes lack a motor vehicle. While the area has a high number of bus stops compared to the rest of the Territory, very few residents use public transport or work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 41.3% owning two and 13.9% owning three. Only 5.8% of homes have no vehicle, a figure that has barely changed since 2011 and is well below the Northern Territory rate of 11.1%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Moil, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 69.5% of people being the driver. Only 2.0% use public transport, and just 4.2% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
4.2% ▲ +30.4%
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% ▼ -43.1%
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 2.0%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Moil has 7.00 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Territory average of 3.30. Despite this and 12 different routes, the typical transit time to the city is 65 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
14
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.00
Higher than 83% 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).
984.0
Higher than 57% 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).
12
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
8,249
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
20,679
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
65
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A short 13-minute drive gets residents to the city, which is much lower than most areas. However, the walk to the nearest stop takes about 6 minutes, which is higher than in most other places.
6
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
13
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Moil [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/701021024/moil/topic/transport