North Moonta · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in North Moonta

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

Zero people use public transport for their daily commute in North Moonta, reflecting a total reliance on private cars. Almost every home owns at least one vehicle, making the car essential for getting around this regional area.

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📍 North Moonta, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few homes lack a car, with only 3.8% having no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Nearly half of all households own one vehicle, while 33.5% own two.

3.8% ▲ +27.8%

Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.0%
  • 2016: 1.6%
  • 2021: 3.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In North Moonta, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 48%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (11%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most workers drive themselves to work, with 74.2% being car drivers. Only 6.1% work from home, a figure that is far below the 21% national average.

6.1% ▲ +5.7%

Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.7%
  • 2016: 5.3%
  • 2021: 6.1%

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 North Moonta, Car (driver) is the majority at 84%; Worked at home is next at 7%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport routes or stops in the area. This means weekly departures are far below the South Australian figure of 1,317 per 1,000 people.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

It takes 107 minutes to drive to the city, which is higher than most similar areas. A walk to the nearest transport stop takes around 19 minutes.

19

Higher than 58% 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.

107

Higher than 73% 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 North Moonta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41044/north-moonta/topic/transport