4.9% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
East Moonta · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in East Moonta
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A total absence of public transport and working-from-home options makes East Moonta more dependent on private cars than most similar areas. No one here commutes via public transport or works from home, with 81.3% of the local workforce relying on driving themselves to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 36.1% having two and 23% having three. Only 4.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In East Moonta, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work is almost exclusively done by car, as 0.0% of residents use public transport. This is well below the national figure of 3.1%, and there is also a far lower rate of people working from home compared to the rest of Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
Public transport is non-existent here, with zero routes and stops serving the area. This lack of access is far below the South Australian average of nearly five 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is challenging without a car, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 34 minutes. This is higher than most similar areas, which also face a long 108-minute drive to the city.
34
Higher than 70% 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.
108
Higher than 74% 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 East Moonta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40383/east-moonta/topic/transport