0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Merricks · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Merricks
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 45% of people who work in Merricks do so from home, a figure far above the national average. This reliance on home-based work is mirrored by a heavy dependence on cars, as no households in the area are without a motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Merricks has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and Australian figures for carless households. Most homes are well-equipped, with 40.8% having two vehicles and 23.7% having three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Merricks, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 44.7%, which is far above the national figure of 21%. This helps explain why 0.0% of residents commute by public transport, a rate well below the state and national averages.
44.7% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 44.7%
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.
While the area has 10.87 stops per 1,000 people—far above the state average—these 2 bus stops provide very limited reach, with zero people able to reach others via transit within 45 minutes.
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.
10.87
Higher than 88% 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).
326.1
Higher than 75% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
The typical drive time to the city is 63 minutes. Residents usually walk about 7 minutes to reach the 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.
63
Lower than 54% 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 Merricks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21662/merricks/topic/transport