8.8% ▼ -28.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Moorooka · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Moorooka
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people now work from home in Moorooka than in previous years, contributing to a transport landscape where 20.4% of the workforce avoids a daily commute. The area is highly connected, featuring a very short 10-minute drive to the city and an extensive public transport network.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most households rely on one or two cars, with 43.3% owning one and 35.6% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Moorooka, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and No vehicle (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is 7.0%, well above the national figure of 3.1%. This is alongside a high number of people working from home, with 20.4% of the workforce doing so, which is well above the state average.
20.4% ▲ +494.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 20.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.0% ▼ -49.8%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 7.0%
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.
Public transport is highly accessible with 74 stops and 12 routes, meaning there are 6.86 stops per 1,000 people—far above the Queensland figure. This extensive network allows 126,098 people to be reachable within 45 minutes via transit.
74
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.
6.86
Higher than 85% 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).
1,750.0
Higher than 90% 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).
12
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
32,960
Higher than 85% 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).
126,098
Higher than 84% 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).
43
Lower than 76% 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 around is efficient, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 1 minute, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is also among the lowest at just 10 minutes.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
10
Lower than 95% 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 Moorooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31910/moorooka/topic/transport