48.2% ▼ -25.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.6%
- 2016: 56.0%
- 2021: 48.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mer Island · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mer Island
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people live without a car on Mer Island than in most other areas. Nearly half of all homes have no motor vehicle, making it one of the most car-free places in the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 48.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Just 41% of households own a single car, and only 14.5% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mer Island, the largest group is No vehicle at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is a common choice for 30.8% of workers, while 31.9% drive. No one works from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
9.9% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 9.9%
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 nearly non-existent here, with no stops or routes. This is far below the Queensland figure of 2.99 stops per 1,000 people.
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).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Mer Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31806/mer-island/topic/transport