5.6% ▼ -33.8%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Scone · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Scone
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people use public transport in Scone than in the rest of the state, with no residents commuting by it at all. Most households rely on their own cars to get around, and very few people work from home. This creates a transport landscape where private vehicles are almost essential for daily life.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 39.1% of homes owning two vehicles and only 5.6% having none. This lack of vehicle-free homes is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2% and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Scone splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in Scone commutes by public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. Working from home is also far below the state average at 8.8%, though this has risen since 2011.
8.8% ▲ +123.3%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.1%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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.
Public transport options are limited, with only 4 routes and 9 stops. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
9
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.49
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
21.0
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
4
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 stop takes longer here than in most areas, with a typical 6 minute walk to the nearest one.
6
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Scone
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Scone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/106041128/scone/topic/transport