0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Meredith · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Meredith
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Higher than most similar areas, Meredith is a place where almost every household relies on a car. Not a single home here is without a motor vehicle, making it far more car-dependent than the national average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every home in the area has at least one vehicle, which is well below the national and state figures for carless households. Most homes have two vehicles, while 20.4% of households own three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Meredith, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way people get to work, with 58.1% acting as the driver. While 18.6% of people work from home, this is a little below the national average and well below the Victorian figure.
18.6% ▲ +40.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 18.6%
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.
Public transport is limited to two bus routes, and the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian average. Despite this, the number of stops and routes is higher than most similar areas.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.44
Higher than 67% 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).
51.2
Higher than 63% 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.
Getting around without a car is difficult, with a typical 66-minute walk to the nearest stop. This is much higher than most other areas, and the drive time to the city is also higher than typical for its level.
66
Higher than 89% 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.
84
Higher than 59% 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 Meredith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21656/meredith/topic/transport