Mooney Mooney · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Mooney Mooney

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

More people now work from home in Mooney Mooney than ever before, with 37.2% of residents doing so. This is far above the national figure of 21% and reflects a shift toward remote work in this area. While public transport options are available, the community relies heavily on private cars to get around.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost every home here owns a car, with 46.2% of households keeping two vehicles. Only 3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.

3.0% ▼ -4.2%

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.2%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 3.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Mooney Mooney, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 1 vehicle (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is very common here, with 37.2% of residents doing so—well above the state average of 31%. In contrast, nobody in the area commutes to work using public transport.

37.2% ▲ +473.0%

Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.5%
  • 2016: 6.9%
  • 2021: 37.2%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.1%
  • 2016: 4.6%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Mooney Mooney, Worked at home is the majority at 51%; Car (driver) is next at 42%.

Public transport access

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

There are 8.57 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state figure of 5.27. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales average, and all available services are buses.

8.57

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

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

620.0

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality 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).

0

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The drive time to the city is 39 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas. It takes about 11 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop.

11

Lower than 53% of suburb / locality 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.

39

Lower than 68% of suburb / locality 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 Mooney Mooney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12715/mooney-mooney/topic/transport