0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Merricks Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Merricks Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive shift toward remote work defines Merricks Beach, where 42.6% of people now work from home. This is far above the national figure and highlights a community that relies almost entirely on private cars for travel. With no public transport stops in the area, residents are heavily dependent on their own vehicles to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Merricks Beach has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures. Most households own either one or two cars, with 44% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Merricks Beach splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (45%) and 1 vehicle (43%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 42.6% of the workforce doing so—far above the 21% national average. For those who do travel, 44.3% drive, while no one uses public transport to get to work.
42.6% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 42.6%
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.
Public transport is non-existent in this area, with zero stops or routes available. This is far below the Victorian average, meaning no residents can reach other people via transit within 45 minutes.
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).
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.
Getting around is a slow process without a car, as the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 22 minutes. For those heading into the city, the typical drive time is 62 minutes.
22
Higher than 60% 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.
62
Lower than 55% 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 Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21663/merricks-beach/topic/transport