7.4% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Moorabbin · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Moorabbin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 43% of working residents in Moorabbin drive themselves to work, though the area is also a major hub for remote employment. About 34.5% of people work from home, which is far above the national figure. This mix of travel habits is supported by an extensive public transport network.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, with 39.7% having two and 39.5% having one. Around 7.4% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Moorabbin splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (39%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 34.5% of people doing so, which is well above the Victorian average of 25.7%. Only 3.1% of the workforce use public transport to get to work, similar to the national rate.
34.5% ▲ +914.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 34.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% ▼ -59.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 3.1%
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.
Public transport access is a strength for Moorabbin, with 9.54 stops per 1,000 people and 2,411 weekly departures, both far above the state figures. There are 60 stops and 22 routes, though the transit time to the city is much higher than most areas.
60
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.54
Higher than 87% 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).
2,411.2
Higher than 94% 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).
22
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
14,057
Higher than 66% 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).
80,361
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality 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).
74
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality 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.
Getting to the city by car takes about 20 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Local access is also easy, with the walk to the nearest stop taking only 5 minutes, lower than in most other places.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
20
Lower than 83% 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 Moorabbin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21746/moorabbin/topic/transport