0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Merbein West · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Merbein West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Not a single home in Merbein West is without a motor vehicle. This total reliance on cars defines the local transport landscape, where the typical household owns two or more vehicles and very few people work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 44.8% owning two and another 23.9% owning four or more. This means the 0% of homes without a car is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Merbein West, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 4 or more (23%) and 1 vehicle (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 72.3% of people taking the wheel as the driver. Only 5.9% of people work from home, which is far below the state and national figures.
5.9% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
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.
Public transport is non-existent here, with zero stops and zero routes available. This is far below the state average for transport access.
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.
Walking to the nearest transport stop is not a practical option for residents, as the walk takes 45 minutes, which is much higher than in most other areas.
45
Higher than 77% 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.
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 Merbein West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21655/merbein-west/topic/transport