0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Merah North · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Merah North
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Merah North has at least one motor vehicle, making cars essential for daily life. This reliance on private transport is clear as no residents use public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Half of all households own two vehicles, and over 21% have four or more. This high level of car ownership means the area is well below the state and national figures for homes without a vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Merah North, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 4 or more (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 61% of workers drive to their jobs, while 23.9% work from home, which is a little above the national figure. No one in the area commutes using public transport.
23.9% ▼ -16.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.7%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in Merah North. This leaves the area far below the New South Wales average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
0.0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Merah North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12583/merah-north/topic/transport