Moto NSW 2426
79 addresses · 7 streets
Lyne Electorate › Mid-Coast LGA › Moto · 260 km from Sydney
Living Here
Moto is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 144 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,075 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 21% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Taree Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Moto itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
2 hospitals
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Taree Airport, 8.6 km south-west.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 16.3% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 16.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 18.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 1.6% · Labour-force participation 52.1%
Population by age in Moto
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 18 |
| 15-19 | 14 |
| 20-24 | 9 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 17 |
| 45-54 | 20 |
| 55-64 | 26 |
| 65-74 | 27 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Moto
| House | 53 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Moto
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 21 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 14 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Moto
| Australian | 71 |
|---|---|
| English | 62 |
| Scottish | 17 |
| Other | 13 |
| Irish | 9 |
| Aboriginal | 6 |
Housing tenure in Moto
| Owned | 20 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 11 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Moto
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 10 |
Commute to work in Moto
| Car | 31 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Top countries of birth in Moto
| England | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
8,776 bird observations recorded near Moto — most often seen:
- Chestnut Teal (624)
- White-faced Heron (620)
- Pacific Black Duck (564)
- Willie Wagtail (434)
- Great Egret (427)
- Masked Lapwing (417)
- Magpie-lark (407)
- Welcome Swallow (400)
- Grey Teal (356)
- Superb Fairy-wren (335)
- Striped Honeyeater (325)
- Australian White Ibis (311)
- Australian Magpie (282)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Moto
- Royal Spoonbill (255)
- Torresian Crow (233)
- White-necked Heron (219)
- Straw-necked Ibis (215)
- Australian Reed Warbler (208)
- Common Myna (206)
- Little Pied Cormorant (206)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (205)
- Little Black Cormorant (196)
- Grey Fantail (184)
- Brown Thornbill (181)
- Brown Honeyeater (172)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (168)
- Little Grassbird (168)
- Southern Masked Lapwing (164)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (147)
- Galah (147)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Moto:
- Jones Island (4.3 km)
- Kundle Kundle (4.4 km)
- Coopernook (4.6 km)
- Langley Vale (4.6 km)
- Melinga (5.8 km)
- Lansdowne Forest (5.8 km)
- Croki (6 km)
- Ghinni Ghinni (6.3 km)
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Streets
- Innes Lane (6)
- Kundle Kundle Road (2)
- Moto Road (25)
- North Moto Road (41)
- Onslow Lane (1)
- Toorak Lane (1)
- Whites Road (3)
