6.3% ▼ -29.3%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Merredin · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Merredin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A heavy reliance on cars defines daily life in Merredin, where only 3.7% of the workforce works from home. Most residents depend on private vehicles to get around, while public transport options are very limited.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 37% owning two and 14.7% having three. However, 6.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Merredin splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 69% of people as the driver. Only 0.8% use public transport, and the proportion of people working from home is among the lowest at this level.
3.7% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -54.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 rare and consists entirely of trains, with only two routes and two stops. While this is more than some similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the Western Australian figure.
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.
0.77
Higher than 60% 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).
9.2
Higher than 58% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
Accessing public transport is difficult for most residents, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 56 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
56
Higher than 83% 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.
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).
More for Merredin
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Merredin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50938/merredin/topic/transport