2.7% ▲ +45.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Merewether Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Merewether Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Merewether Heights than the national figure, with 33.3% of workers skipping the commute. This trend is mirrored in the high rate of car ownership and a very low reliance on public transport for travel to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 51.8% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 2.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Merewether Heights, 2 vehicles is the majority at 51%; 1 vehicle is next at 25%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nobody here commutes to work using public transport, which is well below the national figure. Instead, a little above the state average, 33.3% of residents work from home.
33.3% ▲ +513.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 33.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 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.
While the area has 8 stops and a higher number of stops per 1,000 people than most areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the New South Wales figure. All available services are buses.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.35
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).
658.2
Higher than 81% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
A very short walk of just one minute gets residents to the nearest stop, which is much lower than in most areas. However, the drive time to the city is higher than in most other areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
105
Higher than 72% 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 Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12585/merewether-heights/topic/transport