13.4% ▼ -15.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Merrylands · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Merrylands
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people in Merrylands now work from home than in previous censuses, with 27.4% of the workforce doing so. This shift happens in a well-connected area where public transport use is well above the national figure. It is a place where many residents avoid owning a car entirely.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 13.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is one vehicle per home at 40.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Merrylands, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used for commuting by 6.0% of workers, which is well above the 3.1% national figure. While 27.4% work from home, the most common way to get to work remains driving as the sole occupant at 38.8%.
27.4% ▲ +1512.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.0% ▼ -61.0%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 6.0%
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.
The area has 148 public transport stops, which is among the largest number for similar places. This high density of stops helps explain why 62,380 people can be reached within 30 minutes using transit.
148
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.56
Higher than 76% 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).
1,130.8
Higher than 87% 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).
16
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
62,380
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
274,383
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
68
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is relatively fast, with a drive time of 21 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Walking to the nearest transport stop is also very quick, typically taking just 2 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
21
Lower than 82% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Merrylands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12599/merrylands/topic/transport