Moyston · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Moyston

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

A 43-minute walk to the nearest public transport stop is the norm for Moyston, where travel is almost entirely dependent on private cars. This reliance on vehicles is clear, with nearly 42% of homes owning two cars and very few people using public transport for work.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few households here get by without a car, with only 2.6% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

2.6% ▼ -15.5%

Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.1%
  • 2016: 2.4%
  • 2021: 2.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Moyston, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here commutes to work using public transport. This is much lower than the Victorian average, and while 11.6% of people work from home, this is far below the state figure of 25.7%.

11.6% ▲ +13.5%

Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.2%
  • 2016: 11.9%
  • 2021: 11.6%

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 Moyston, Car (driver) is the majority at 75%; Worked at home is next at 13%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is very limited, with only one bus route and one stop serving the area. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian average.

2.48

Higher than 67% 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).

14.9

Higher than 59% 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 to public transport takes a long time, as the walk to the nearest stop is much higher than in most areas.

43

Higher than 75% 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 Moyston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21822/moyston/topic/transport