6.4% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Moreton Island · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Moreton Island
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home on Moreton Island compared to the rest of the country. This remote island location means most workers rely on local travel, with 62.7% of those employed walking to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is No vehicle at 35%, ahead of 2 vehicles (24%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Moreton Island, the largest group is No vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and 1 vehicle (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is much lower than most areas, at just 6.4%, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Very few people use public transport to commute, sitting well below the Australian average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8%
- 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.
Public transport is almost non-existent here, with no stops or routes available. This means the number of weekly departures is far below the Queensland figure.
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is a significant journey, with a drive time of 391 minutes, which is among the highest for areas of this type.
391
Higher than 99% 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).
More for Moreton Island
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Moreton Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31917/moreton-island/topic/transport