0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Merton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Merton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 38% of Merton homes have two motor vehicles, making cars essential for this rural area. The community relies heavily on private transport for daily life, though about a quarter of workers now operate from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Merton has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.6% of Victorian homes without one. Most households are well-equipped, with 37.2% owning three or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Merton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way people get to work, with 57.9% as the driver. While 24.2% work from home—a figure well above the national average—nobody in the area uses public transport to commute.
24.2% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 24.2%
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: 4.0%
- 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.
There are 9.26 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian figure. However, with only one bus route and two stops, the weekly number of departures is far below the state average.
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.
9.26
Higher than 87% 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).
120.4
Higher than 71% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is a long trip, taking 110 minutes and which is much higher than most areas. The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 8 minutes.
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.
110
Higher than 75% 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 Merton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21670/merton/topic/transport