Manoora · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Manoora

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every single home in Manoora has a motor vehicle, making it an area where private transport is essential. While the town has a decent number of stops for its size, very few people use public transport to get to work.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every household in Manoora owns at least one vehicle, which is well below the figures for South Australia and Australia. Nearly a quarter of homes are heavily equipped with four or more vehicles.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 5.9%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Manoora, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 33%, followed by 2 vehicles (27%) and 4 or more (24%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here, with 24.3% of people doing so, which is far above the South Australian figure. No one in the area commutes to work using public transport.

24.3% ▲ +32.1%

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 18.4%
  • 2016: 40.0%
  • 2021: 24.3%

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.

How people get to work

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In Manoora, Car (driver) is the majority at 66%; Worked at home is next at 29%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Manoora has nearly 15 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, the actual number of weekly departures is far below the South Australian figure, and all available services are buses.

14.93

Higher than 90% 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).

29.9

Higher than 61% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

It takes about 80 minutes to drive from Manoora to the city. Residents typically face a 20-minute walk to reach the nearest public transport stop.

20

Higher than 59% 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.

80

Higher than 57% 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 Manoora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40821/manoora/topic/transport