12.3% ▼ -32.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Moonah · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Moonah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people in Moonah now rely on public transport and live without cars compared to the rest of the state. With 12.3% of homes having no motor vehicle, it is one of the most car-independent areas in its class. This shift is supported by a very high number of transit routes and stops.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 12.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%. Most households do have a car, with 41.5% owning one and 30.1% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Moonah, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is a popular choice for 8.4% of workers, a figure well above the national average of 3.1%. Conversely, only 6.3% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
6.3% ▲ +121.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.4% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 8.4%
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.
Moonah is very well connected, with 45 public transport stops and 25 routes, all of which are buses. This helps explain why the area has 1,062.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people, well above the state figure.
45
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.65
Higher than 86% 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).
1,062.2
Higher than 87% 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).
25
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
16,741
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
42,762
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
32
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is quick, with a typical drive time of just 7 minutes. Most residents are also very close to transport, with a typical 2-minute walk to the nearest stop.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
7
Lower than 99% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Moonah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60419/moonah/topic/transport