Moonambel · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Moonambel

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

Every single home in Moonambel now has a motor vehicle, making it far more car-reliant than the national average. This is a remote area where most people either drive to work or stay at home, as there are no public transport options available.

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📍 Moonambel, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are essential here, with no homes lacking a vehicle. Over half of all households own at least two cars, and 16.3% have four or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.8%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Moonambel, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

About a quarter of people work from home, which is well above the Australian figure of 21%. For those who leave the house for work, 49.3% drive themselves.

25.4% ▲ +20.5%

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 21.1%
  • 2016: 13.8%
  • 2021: 25.4%

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: 3.5%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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 Moonambel, Car (driver) is the majority at 66%; Worked at home is next at 34%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means weekly departures and access are far below the Victorian average.

0.00

Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting into the city is a significant journey, with a drive time of 127 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

127

Higher than 85% 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)).
  • 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 Moonambel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21740/moonambel/topic/transport