5.6% —
Higher than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Scarborough - Newport · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Scarborough - Newport
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Most areas of this type have better public transport links than Scarborough - Newport. While the neighborhood has a good number of bus stops, it is a longer drive to the city than most similar places. This makes the area very car-dependent, with the vast majority of residents relying on private vehicles to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 38% of homes have two cars and 37% have just one. Only 5.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Scarborough - Newport splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 18.4% of people doing so, which is well above the Queensland average. Very few residents use public transport to get to work, at just 1.8%.
18.4% —
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% —
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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.
The area is served entirely by buses across three routes. While the number of stops per 1,000 people is lower than most areas, the weekly number of departures is well above the state figure.
54
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.54
Lower than 62% 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).
943.3
Higher than 55% 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).
3
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
15,257
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
25,691
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city takes typically 35 minutes, which is longer than in most similar areas. However, the walk to the nearest stop is short, taking only 2 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
35
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Scarborough - Newport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/313051575/scarborough-newport/topic/transport