7.1% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Merriang · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Merriang
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Reliance on cars is almost total in Merriang, where no one uses public transport to get to work. Most households own multiple vehicles, reflecting the lack of local transit options in this rural area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have two or more cars, with 21.4% owning four or more. About 7.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is similar to the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Merriang, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 33%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 4 or more (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 60.7% of residents. While 14.6% work from home, this is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
14.6% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 14.6%
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.
There are no public transport routes or stops in Merriang. This lack of access is far below the state average and means zero weekly departures per 1,000 people.
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 Merriang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21660/merriang/topic/transport