1.4% —
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mernda - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Mernda - South
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for most people in Mernda - South, where only 1.4% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households rely on multiple cars to get around, reflecting the area's distance from the city center.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, with over half of all homes owning two vehicles and 13.3% having three. Only 1.4% of households get by without a car, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mernda - South, 2 vehicles is the majority at 50%; 1 vehicle is next at 29%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive themselves to work (57.9%), while 20.3% work from home. Those who use public transport make up 2.7% of the workforce, a figure that is about the same as the national average.
20.3% —
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.7% —
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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.
The area has 48 public transport stops and 9 routes, with bus services making up 94.3% of the network. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are a little above the Victorian figure.
48
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.02
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,525.8
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
9
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
11,940
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
39,666
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes a typical resident 33 minutes to drive to the city, which is longer than in most areas. However, the walk to the nearest stop is very short, ranking among the lowest for this level.
0
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
33
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Mernda - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209041532/mernda-south/topic/transport