Merryvale · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Merryvale

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Zero public transport stops are available in Merryvale, leaving it far below the Queensland average for transit access. This creates a significant gap in connectivity compared to the rest of the state, making the area almost entirely dependent on private vehicles for travel.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

The most common motor vehicles per home is No vehicle at 0%, ahead of 1 vehicle (0%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

The most common how people get to work is Car (driver) at 78%, ahead of Worked at home (44%).

How people get to work

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In Merryvale, Car (driver) is the majority at 64%; Worked at home is next at 36%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport routes or stops here, and no one can reach other areas within 45 minutes by transit. This lack of service is far below the Queensland figure for both stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.

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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.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The drive time to the city is 72 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.

72

Higher than 52% 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

  • 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 Merryvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31816/merryvale/topic/transport