2.0% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mernda · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mernda
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 2% of households lack a motor vehicle in Mernda, a figure well below the 7.6% seen across Victoria. This reliance on cars is a key feature of the area, where nearly half of all homes own at least two vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 47.5% owning two and 12.2% owning three. Very few households get by without a car, which is much lower than the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mernda, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 57.6% of residents. About 20.5% of the workforce works from home, which is higher than most similar areas, though well below the Victorian average of 25.7%.
20.5% ▲ +915.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.8% ▼ -11.3%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 2.8%
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.
The area has 83 public transport stops and 9 routes, which is among the largest for its level. While bus services dominate with 96.3% of trips, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is much higher than most other areas.
83
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.55
Higher than 72% 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).
1,212.9
Higher than 87% 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).
9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
11,427
Higher than 61% 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).
39,666
Higher than 60% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A typical trip to the city takes about 35 minutes, which is lower than most areas. Residents usually walk about 7 minutes to reach their nearest public transport stop.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
35
Lower than 70% 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 Mernda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21659/mernda/topic/transport