0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Meroo Meadow · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Meroo Meadow
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 105-minute drive to the city defines the remote nature of Meroo Meadow. This is a place where private transport is essential, as every single home in the area owns at least one motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here are well-equipped for travel, with 55% owning two vehicles and another 26% having three or more. No home in the area is without a vehicle, which is well below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Meroo Meadow, 2 vehicles is the majority at 55%; 1 vehicle is next at 18%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work, with 61.6% of people driving. While 18.8% work from home, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
18.8% ▲ +41.6%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 18.8%
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.
Public transport is non-existent here, with zero stops and zero routes serving the area. This puts Meroo Meadow far below the New South Wales average for service frequency.
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.
Getting around is a challenge without a car, as the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 41 minutes. This is much higher than most similar areas.
41
Higher than 74% 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 Meroo Meadow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12590/meroo-meadow/topic/transport