37.5% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Merrill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Merrill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 38% of working residents in Merrill work from home, the highest share of any commute method. This reflects a place where most people avoid a traditional trip to work, with no one using public transport to get to their job.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 31%, ahead of 4 or more (23%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Merrill, 2 vehicles is the majority at 57%; 4 or more is next at 43%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than in the rest of Australia, where the typical figure is 21%. Other common ways to get to work include driving a car (33.3%) or walking (20.8%).
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 Merrill. This means access to transit is far below the New South Wales average, with zero weekly departures 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).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Merrill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12595/merrill/topic/transport