12.7% ▼ -19.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.9%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Merrylands West · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Merrylands West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 93,000 people can be reached from Merrylands West within 30 minutes by transit, highlighting its exceptional connectivity. This area is well-served by public transport, though a large number of households—12.7%—do not own a car, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
More homes here live without a car than in most similar areas. While 39.1% of households have one vehicle, the 12.7% with no motor vehicle is well above the New South Wales rate of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Merrylands West, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 39%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 28.5% of people doing so, which is well above the Australian average of 21.0%. Driving as the sole operator is the most frequent way to travel, accounting for 42.3% of trips.
28.5% ▲ +1512.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.9% ▼ -70.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 2.9%
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 highly accessible with 47 stops and 6 routes, putting the area among the largest for transit access. With 6.66 stops per 1,000 people, this is well above the New South Wales figure of 5.27.
47
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.66
Higher than 84% 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).
1,524.0
Higher than 89% 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).
92,253
Higher than 89% 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).
155,355
Higher than 86% 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).
72
Higher than 77% 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 a nearby stop is very easy, with a typical walk time of just one minute. This is much lower than most areas, and the drive time to the city is also much lower than in other similar places at 21 minutes.
1
Lower than 99% 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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12600/merrylands-west/topic/transport