2.8% ▼ -53.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Scotts Head · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Scotts Head
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Scotts Head relies on their own car to get around. Only 2.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much lower than the national figure. This heavy dependence on private cars is reflected in the way people travel to work and the limited public transport options available.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 41.8% owning two vehicles and 12.4% owning three. Very few households are without a car, a rate well below the New South Wales and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Scotts Head splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (42%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 62.7% of residents. No one uses public transport to commute, and 13.6% work from home, which is far below the state average.
13.6% ▲ +101.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 13.6%
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: 2.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 is limited to a single bus route with four stops. While the number of stops is higher than in many similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.06
Higher than 74% 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).
96.3
Higher than 68% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Getting to a public transport stop is a challenge for many, as the typical walk takes 50 minutes. This is much higher than in most other areas.
50
Higher 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.
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 Scotts Head
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Scotts Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13523/scotts-head/topic/transport