Moriac · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Moriac

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

Not a single home in Moriac lacks a motor vehicle, making it far more car-dependent than the rest of Victoria. This reliance on private transport is reflected in the way people get to work and the total absence of local public transport options.

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📍 Moriac, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost half of all homes have two vehicles, and 21.8% have four or more. This explains why 0.0% of households are without a car, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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 Moriac, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 4 or more (22%) and 3 vehicles (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work as the driver (58.4%), while 22.1% work from home. This working-from-home rate is higher than in most similar areas, though it remains a little above the Australian figure of 21.0%.

22.1% ▲ +227.9%

Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.7%
  • 2016: 7.8%
  • 2021: 22.1%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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 Moriac, Car (driver) is the majority at 69%; Worked at home is next at 26%.

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. Consequently, weekly departures per 1,000 people are 0.0, which is far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9.

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.

The typical drive time from here to the city is 66 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.

66

Lower than 52% 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 Moriac [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21762/moriac/topic/transport