56.6% ▼ -19.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.2%
- 2016: 62.7%
- 2021: 56.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Moa Island · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Moa Island
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Transport habits on Moa Island have remained distinct from the mainland, where a huge 56.6% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is far above the national figure and shows a reliance on local movement rather than cars. Most people get around on foot or by private vehicle, with almost no use of public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
More than half of all homes (56.6%) do not have a motor vehicle, which is far above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. For those who do own cars, 33.6% of homes have one vehicle and 8.2% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Moa Island, No vehicle is the majority at 56%; 1 vehicle is next at 33%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly half of the workforce walks to work (49.6%), while 27.4% drive. Only 3.4% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian average of 21.0%.
3.4% ▲ —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.4%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport stops or routes on the island. This is far below the Queensland average of 2.99 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Moa Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31868/moa-island/topic/transport