16.6% ▲ +22.6%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Moonta · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Moonta
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 66% of workers in Moonta drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While the town has a high number of transit stops, very few people actually use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
A striking 16.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the South Australian figure of 7.2%. For those who do own cars, nearly half of households have just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Moonta, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (25%) and No vehicle (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area commutes using public transport, and only 7.9% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Walking is a common choice, with 11.5% of workers strolling to their jobs.
7.9% ▲ +223.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 7.9%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Moonta has 9.62 stops per 1,000 people, far above the state average, and 4 bus routes. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the South Australian figure.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.62
Higher than 87% 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).
57.7
Higher than 64% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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 stop is just 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Conversely, the drive time to the city is 108 minutes, higher than most areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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 Moonta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40914/moonta/topic/transport