3.9% ▼ -33.9%
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Scarborough · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Scarborough
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer households in Scarborough have gone without a car since 2011, while more people now work from home. This shift is seen in a community where only 3.9% of homes lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, with 44.2% owning one and 39.6% owning two. Only 3.9% of households have no vehicle, which is a little below the Western Australian figure of 5.0%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Scarborough splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (44%) and 2 vehicles (40%), with 3 vehicles at 9%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 61.9% of people as the driver. While 9.4% now work from home—a rise of 6.4 points since 2011—this is still far below the national figure of 21.0%.
9.4% ▲ +209.1%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% ▼ -24.7%
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 3.3%
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.
Bus services are the only form of public transport here, and weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than most areas. However, the number of stops per 1,000 people is well below the state figure.
68
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.87
Lower than 57% 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).
1,822.6
Higher than 80% 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).
6
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
17,552
Higher than 55% 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).
62,731
Higher than 60% 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).
54
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is quick, with a drive time of 14 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 5 minutes.
5
Higher than 50% 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.
14
Lower than 77% 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).
More for Scarborough
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Scarborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/505021092/scarborough/topic/transport