Mooloolah · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Mooloolah

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

Only 1.3% of households in Mooloolah have no motor vehicle, making it one of the most car-reliant areas in the region. This high level of vehicle ownership is a core part of local life, as very few residents rely on public transport to get around.

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📍 Mooloolah, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here own multiple cars, with 43.9% having two and 13.6% owning four or more. The proportion of homes without a car has fallen sharply since 2011, leaving the area well below the national figure of 7.4%.

1.3% ▼ -86.3%

Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 9.7%
  • 2016: 11.5%
  • 2021: 1.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Mooloolah, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 64.2% of residents. While 13.4% now work from home—a figure that rose 6.9 points since 2011—public transport use remains very low at 1.2%, which is a little below the Queensland average.

13.4% ▲ +106.6%

Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 6.5%
  • 2016: 4.5%
  • 2021: 13.4%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

1.2% ▲ +63.2%

Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.7%
  • 2016: 0.6%
  • 2021: 1.2%

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 Mooloolah, Car (driver) is the majority at 76%; Worked at home is next at 16%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Mooloolah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315066/mooloolah/topic/transport