0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Meringo · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Meringo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Meringo has at least one motor vehicle, making the area entirely dependent on cars for daily travel. With no public transport options available, residents rely on private transport or working from home to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 46.3% of homes owning two vehicles and 16.7% owning three. This is reflected in the fact that 0.0% of households are without a vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Meringo, 2 vehicles is the majority at 52%; 1 vehicle is next at 21%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive themselves to work, while 21.7% work from home, a figure about the same as the national average. No one in the area commutes using public transport.
21.7% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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 Meringo. This means the number of weekly departures is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Walking to public transport is not an option here, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 42 minutes, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
42
Higher than 75% 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).
More for Meringo
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Meringo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12587/meringo/topic/transport