5.8% ▼ -40.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Moruya · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Moruya
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge gap exists between Moruya and the rest of the state in how people work and travel, with far fewer people working from home. The typical resident relies heavily on a car, as only 9.3% of the workforce works from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 37% of households own two. While 5.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, this is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Moruya splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work, with 66.7% of people driving. Only 0.7% use public transport, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.7%.
9.3% ▲ +119.1%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▲ +88.5%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
Moruya has 22 public transport stops and 4 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, the 91.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure of 1,313.6.
22
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.12
Higher than 78% 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).
91.7
Higher than 68% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical resident spends about 13 minutes walking to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for areas of this level.
13
Higher than 50% 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.
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 Moruya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12745/moruya/topic/transport