20.8% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 20.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Scotchy Pocket · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Scotchy Pocket
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 30% of working residents in Scotchy Pocket drive themselves to work, making the car the most common way to get around. While few people use public transport, about 20.8% of the workforce works from home, which is well above the Queensland figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 63%, ahead of 3 vehicles (26%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Scotchy Pocket, 2 vehicles is the majority at 60%; 3 vehicles is next at 25%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 20.8% of people doing so, which is about the same as the national figure. Very few people use public transport to get to work, and 16.7% of residents walk.
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is almost non-existent in the area, with no stops or routes available. This is far below the Queensland average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 the city is a long trip, with a drive time of 136 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
136
Higher than 87% 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).
More for Scotchy Pocket
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Scotchy Pocket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32526/scotchy-pocket/topic/transport