6.9% ▼ -24.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Merimbula · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Merimbula
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer people use public transport and work from home in Merimbula compared to most similar areas. While the town has more transport stops than many other small places, the vast majority of residents still rely on cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. For those who do have cars, nearly half of households own just one vehicle, while 33.2% own two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Merimbula, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 48%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (8%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 61% of residents. Only 13.2% work from home, a figure that is far below the New South Wales rate of 31%.
13.2% ▲ +31.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -50.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
Merimbula has 11 public transport stops and 6 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.
11
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.88
Higher than 69% 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).
88.2
Higher than 67% 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).
6
Higher than 86% 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.
Walking to the nearest stop takes typically 22 minutes, which is longer than in most similar areas.
22
Higher than 60% 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.
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 Merimbula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12586/merimbula/topic/transport