5.5% ▼ -25.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Moora · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Moora
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer people use public transport in Moora than in most similar areas, with a very small number of residents relying on these services. The town is heavily dependent on cars, which is typical for a place located nearly two hours from the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, though 5.5% have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas. For those who do own vehicles, 33% have two and 13% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Moora, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 38%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 71.2% of residents. Only 5.3% work from home, a figure that is far below the national average of 21%.
5.3% ▲ +58.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -64.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 limited to a single bus route and one stop. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure, though this is actually higher than in many similar areas.
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.
0.57
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).
4.6
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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 walk to the nearest stop takes 60 minutes. This is much higher than in most areas, as is the 117-minute drive to the city.
60
Higher than 85% 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.
117
Higher than 79% 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 Moora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50988/moora/topic/transport