6.5% ▼ -32.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mooloolaba · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mooloolaba
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport stops and services are available in Mooloolaba than in most similar areas. While cars remain the main way to get around, there are 32 public transport stops serving the community. This makes the area more accessible by transit than the state average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most households rely on one or two cars, with 42.8% having one and 36.3% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mooloolaba, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the most common way to get to work for 60.3% of people. Those who use public transport to commute make up 1.7% of the workforce, which is much higher than most similar areas but a little below the national figure.
14.7% ▲ +156.1%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 far above the Queensland average, with 1,367 weekly departures per 1,000 people. The area's 6 bus routes and 32 stops place it among the largest for transit access at this level.
32
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.90
Higher than 73% 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).
1,367.3
Higher than 88% 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 8 minutes. For those travelling to the city, the drive time is around 70 minutes, which is about the middle for its level.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
70
Higher than 50% 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 Mooloolaba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31895/mooloolaba/topic/transport