3.6% ▼ -57.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Stanford Merthyr · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Stanford Merthyr
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport stops than most similar areas are found in Stanford Merthyr, though very few people actually use them to get to work. While the area is well-served by stops, the vast majority of residents rely on their own cars for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home here owns a car, with 44.1% having two vehicles. Only 3.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Stanford Merthyr, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes to work using public transport, and only 9.4% work from home. This is far below the national figure of 21.0%, with 64.8% of workers driving themselves to their jobs.
9.4% ▲ +156.6%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 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 8.7 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, the 358.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.70
Higher than 87% 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).
358.3
Higher than 76% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
A walk to the nearest stop takes only 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Despite this close access, it takes 95 minutes to drive to the city, a time that is higher than most areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
95
Higher than 66% 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 Stanford Merthyr [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13662/stanford-merthyr/topic/transport