1.8% ▲ —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Scarsdale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Scarsdale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Scarsdale relies on a car to get around, with only 1.8% of households owning no motor vehicle. This heavy reliance on private transport is clear in the daily commute, as no one uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high here, with 40.3% of homes having two vehicles and 15% owning four or more. Only 1.8% of homes have no car, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Scarsdale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 1 vehicle (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work is almost entirely done by car, with 64.9% of people driving. This is reflected in the fact that 0% of workers use public transport, and the 13.4% who work from home is far below the Victorian figure.
13.4% ▲ +647.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 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.
While there are two public transport routes and stops, the service is very limited. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average, with all available services being buses.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.34
Higher than 67% 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).
44.4
Higher than 62% 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.
Reaching the city is a long journey, taking 111 minutes for those who drive. Access to transit is also difficult, as it takes much longer than most areas to walk to the nearest stop, taking about 56 minutes.
56
Higher than 83% 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.
111
Higher than 75% 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 Scarsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22241/scarsdale/topic/transport