5.8% ▼ -37.8%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Macksville - Scotts Head · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Macksville - Scotts Head
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Macksville - Scotts Head than in the rest of the country, with only 9.5% doing so. This region relies heavily on private cars, and very few residents use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and the 5.8% without a vehicle is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. This is a downward trend, as the share of carless homes fell 3.5 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Macksville - Scotts Head splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 64.4% of people as the driver. Only 0.2% use public transport, which is among the lowest for its level and far below the national figure of 3.1%.
9.5% ▲ +62.9%
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -71.4%
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 the area has 27 public transport routes, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure of 1,313.6. Almost all of these services are buses, with trains making up only 3.1%.
21
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.05
Lower than 54% 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).
175.8
Lower than 76% 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).
27
Higher than 86% 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 transit stop can be difficult here, as the typical walk takes 32 minutes. This is much higher than most other similar areas.
32
Higher than 87% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Macksville - Scotts Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/108021157/macksville-scotts-head/topic/transport