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.
Meru · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Meru
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero public transport stops are found in Meru, making it an area with very limited transit options compared to the rest of the state. Residents rely entirely on other means of travel, as there are no active routes or weekly departures serving the community.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 1 vehicle at 77%, ahead of 4 or more (54%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Meru, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 4 or more (32%) and 2 vehicles (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The most common how people get to work is Car (driver) at 75%, ahead of Car (passenger) (0%).
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is almost non-existent here, with 0 stops and 0 routes. This puts Meru far below the Western Australia figure of 5.48 stops per 1,000 people.
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 to a transit point is a major challenge in this area, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 84 minutes, which is among the highest times recorded for similar places.
84
Higher than 99% 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
- 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 Meru
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Meru [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50940/meru/topic/transport