3.4% ▲ —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Merricks North · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Merricks North
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one uses public transport to get to work in Merricks North, where 32.4% of people work from home. This is a car-reliant area with very few public transport options and long travel times to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 42.9% owning two vehicles and 36.8% owning three or more. Only 3.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Merricks North, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 3 vehicles (18%) and 4 or more (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than across Australia, at 32.4%. This helps explain why 0% of the workforce uses public transport, with most people instead driving themselves to work.
32.4% ▲ +97.4%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 32.4%
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.
Public transport is almost non-existent here, with no stops or routes available. This leaves the area far below the Victorian average for transport access.
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.
Reaching the nearest transport stop requires a 67-minute walk, which is much higher than most areas. The typical drive time to the city is 58 minutes.
67
Higher than 89% 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.
58
Lower than 57% 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 North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21664/merricks-north/topic/transport