3.5% ▼ -22.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Merrigum · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Merrigum
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Merrigum has a car, making it an area where private travel is essential. With no one using public transport to get to work, the town relies heavily on vehicles for daily mobility.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes lack a car, with only 3.5% having none, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households own two vehicles, while 17.4% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Merrigum, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes by public transport. Most people drive themselves to work, and 14.5% work from home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
14.5% ▲ +12.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 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.
While there are three bus routes and stops, service levels are low. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure, sitting at 92.8 compared to Victoria's 1,267.9.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.42
Higher than 75% 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).
92.8
Higher than 68% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city takes a long time, with a drive time of 132 minutes. This is much higher than most similar areas.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
132
Higher than 86% 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)).
- 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 Merrigum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21665/merrigum/topic/transport