6.5% ▼ -29.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Merewether · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Merewether
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of the working population in Merewether drive themselves to work. While cars are common, 27.8% of people work from home, which is well above the national figure. The area is well served by public transport, though very few people actually use it for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 41% of homes here have two motor vehicles. Only 6.5% of households have no vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas, though still a little below the New South Wales average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Merewether, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 27.8%, which is well above the Australian figure. Only 0.6% of residents use public transport to get to work, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
27.8% ▲ +705.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -67.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
Merewether has a high level of access with 64 public transport stops and 4 routes, which is more than 85% of similar areas. All of these services are buses, with 1,300.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people.
64
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.43
Higher than 79% 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).
1,300.9
Higher than 88% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical walk to the nearest stop takes only 5 minutes, which is lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 107 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
5
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality 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.
107
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality 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 Merewether [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12584/merewether/topic/transport