Scott Creek · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Scott Creek

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

Not a single home in Scott Creek is without a motor vehicle, making it a place where car ownership is universal. This total reliance on cars is a key feature of the area, which lacks any public transport stops or services.

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📍 Scott Creek, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost every household has multiple cars, with 43.2% owning two and 18.9% having four or more. The share of homes with no vehicle is 0.0%, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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 Scott Creek, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 4 or more (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here, at 25.0%, which is far above the South Australian figure of 9.6%. For those who do travel, 63.9% drive themselves, while 0.0% use public transport.

25.0% ▲ +132.1%

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 10.8%
  • 2016: 15.3%
  • 2021: 25.0%

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: 3.1%
  • 2016: 2.7%
  • 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 Scott Creek, Car (driver) is the majority at 68%; Worked at home is next at 27%.

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. This means there are 0.0 weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the state average of 1,317.0.

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.

How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

While the drive time to the city is relatively short at 23 minutes, the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 66 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

66

Higher than 89% 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.

23

Lower than 80% 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)).
  • Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
  • 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 Scott Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41310/scott-creek/topic/transport