1.0% ▲ +104.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Meringandan West · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Meringandan West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A total reliance on private cars shapes daily life in Meringandan West, where almost every household owns a vehicle. With no public transport options available, residents depend entirely on driving for their errands and commutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as only 1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Most households have multiple cars, with 47% owning two and 21.7% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Meringandan West, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 1 vehicle (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes by public transport, and only 7.1% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Instead, 73.5% of workers drive themselves to their jobs.
7.1% ▲ +184.7%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 7.1%
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: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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 no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland figure of 720.7.
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is a slow process for those without a car, with a 67-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is also high at 98 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.
98
Higher than 68% 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 Meringandan West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31809/meringandan-west/topic/transport