0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Merino · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Merino
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Driving is the only way to get around in Merino, where every single home owns at least one motor vehicle. This total reliance on cars defines the local transport landscape, as there are no public transport stops or routes serving the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every home in Merino has a car, which is well below the Victorian and national figures for households without a vehicle. Most homes have two cars, and 11.2% of households own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Merino, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
A driver's seat is the most common way to get to work for 62.4% of people. Only 11.8% work from home, a figure far below the state and national averages.
11.8% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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 no public transport stops or routes in Merino. This lack of access means the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian figure.
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).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Merino [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21658/merino/topic/transport