Scotsburn · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Scotsburn

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost 64% of working residents in Scotsburn drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars. This is a place where vehicle ownership is nearly universal and public transport is almost non-existent, making the car essential for daily life.

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📍 Scotsburn, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in the area has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the Victoria and Australia figures. Most households are well equipped, with 62.7% owning three or more vehicles.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Scotsburn, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (29%) and 4 or more (24%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here commutes by public transport, though 22.4% of the workforce works from home, which is a little above the national figure. Aside from those working at home, the vast majority rely on cars.

22.4%

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 14.0%
  • 2021: 22.4%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Scotsburn, Car (driver) is the majority at 68%; Worked at home is next at 24%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area, leaving the community far below the state average for transit access.

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Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is challenging without a car, as it takes 51 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is much higher than most areas.

51

Higher than 80% 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.

80

Higher than 57% 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 Scotsburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22244/scotsburn/topic/transport