5.2% ▼ -36.8%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mermaid Waters · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Mermaid Waters
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has jumped by 9.5 percentage points since 2011 in Mermaid Waters, where 15.2% of people now do so. Most residents rely heavily on cars for travel, though there is a strong network of public transport available. The area has become even more car-dependent over the last decade, with the share of homes without a vehicle falling from 8.3% to 5.2%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The vast majority of households have at least one car, with 40.1% owning two vehicles. Only 5.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is slightly lower than the Australian average of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Mermaid Waters splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 60.7% of people. Very few residents use public transport for their commute, at just 1.6%, which is a little below the national figure of 3.1%.
15.2% ▲ +166.5%
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▼ -55.9%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 access is strong, with 50 stops and 14 routes serving the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the Queensland figure, though all services are provided by buses.
50
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.79
Lower than 58% 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).
1,115.3
Higher than 61% 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).
14
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A typical walk to the nearest stop takes about 4 minutes. However, the drive time to the city is 53 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.
4
Lower than 57% 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.
53
Higher than 75% 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)).
- 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 Mermaid Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309011228/mermaid-waters/topic/transport