5.1% ▼ -64.3%
Lower than 59% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Scullin · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Scullin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people in Scullin own cars than in most similar areas, reflecting a strong reliance on private vehicles for travel. While the typical home has two cars, the area also features an unusually short walk to the nearest transit stop.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 5.1% of homes lack a motor vehicle, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 7.4%. This is a significant drop from 2011, when 14.2% of households had no car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Scullin, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose to 18.5% since 2016, though this remains well below the Victorian figure of 25.7%. Public transport use for commuting has plummeted 17 points since 2016 to just 3.1%, which is about the same as the national average.
18.5% —
Higher than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% —
Higher than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 3.1%
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.
While Scullin has fewer routes and stops than 88% of similar areas, it sees more weekly departures per 1,000 people than the state average. Buses are the dominant service, making up 94.4% of the network.
725
Lower than 61% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.25
Lower than 63% of federal electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,459.9
Higher than 68% of federal electorate 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).
29
Lower than 87% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The walk to the nearest stop takes only one minute, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 23 minutes, also lower than in most similar places.
1
Lower than 93% of federal electorate 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.
23
Lower than 62% of federal electorate 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 Scullin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED237/scullin/topic/transport