3.9% ▼ -34.0%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Scarborough · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Scarborough
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport options than most similar areas define Scarborough, where 68 stops serve the community. While the suburb is well connected by bus, the typical commute remains centered on the car. Only 3.3% of workers use public transport, and just 9.5% work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, and only 3.9% of households have no motor vehicle. This is a higher proportion than most similar areas, though it is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Scarborough splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (44%) and 2 vehicles (40%), with 3 vehicles at 9%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 62% of residents drive themselves to work, while 9.5% work from home. This working-from-home rate is far below the Australian average of 21% and is much lower than in most similar areas.
9.5% ▲ +212.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% ▼ -24.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 3.3%
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.
The area is very well served by 6 routes and a high number of departures, which is among the highest for its level. However, these services are exclusively buses, and the number of stops per 1,000 people is well below the state figure.
68
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.86
Higher than 73% 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).
1,817.2
Higher than 91% 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
17,552
Higher than 71% 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).
62,731
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
54
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting into the city is fast, with a 14-minute drive time that is much lower than most similar areas. Residents also enjoy a short 5-minute walk to the nearest transport stop.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
14
Lower than 90% 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 Scarborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51330/scarborough/topic/transport