2.6% ▼ -34.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Moonta Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Moonta Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for daily life in Moonta Bay, where only 2.6% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country, highlighting a heavy reliance on driving to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 44.1% owning two and 13.6% owning three. Very few people get by without a vehicle compared to the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Moonta Bay, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to reach work, with 70.8% of people commuting as a driver. Only 6.4% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian average of 21%.
6.4% ▲ +62.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -17.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 very limited, with only one stop and two bus routes serving the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the South Australian figure.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.38
Higher than 59% 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).
5.7
Higher than 58% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 area is remote, with a 110-minute drive to the city, which is much higher than most areas. Residents typically face a 15-minute walk to reach the nearest transport stop.
15
Higher than 53% 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.
110
Higher than 75% 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 Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40915/moonta-bay/topic/transport