4.2% ▼ -63.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Scarborough · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Scarborough
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 45% of working residents in Scarborough work from home, a figure far above the national rate of 21%. This high level of remote work defines the area's transport patterns, as very few people rely on public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 46.3% having two vehicles. Only 4.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Scarborough, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes to work by public transport. This is a little below the state average, while the 44.7% who work from home is among the highest for areas of this size.
44.7% ▲ +555.1%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 44.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 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 access is very high, with 27.69 stops per 1,000 people and 2,904.6 weekly departures. Both figures are far above the New South Wales averages.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
27.69
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
2,904.6
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality 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 is short, taking only 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is around 60 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality 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.
60
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality 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 Scarborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13515/scarborough/topic/transport