3.3% ▲ +22.1%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Merrimac · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Merrimac
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people live without a car in Merrimac than in the rest of Australia. Only 3.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, making it a place where most households rely heavily on their own transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly half of all homes have two vehicles, and 12.2% have three. Very few households are without a car, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Merrimac, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The vast majority of workers drive, with 68.5% as the driver and 3.6% as a passenger. Only 1.2% use public transport, which is lower than the national figure, while those working from home rose to 10.7% since 2011.
10.7% ▲ +234.4%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -39.3%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is limited to buses, with only two routes and 19 stops. There are 241.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Queensland figure of 720.7.
19
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.64
Lower than 73% 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).
241.5
Lower than 72% 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).
2
Lower than 86% 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.
Getting to the city takes a typical 50 minutes, which is much higher than in most areas. A 12-minute walk to the nearest stop is also much higher than in other similar places.
12
Higher than 73% 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.
50
Higher than 74% 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 Merrimac [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/309081260/merrimac/topic/transport