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Transport & Vehicles in Scopus

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

Zero residents used public transport or worked from home in the 2021 Census, showing that Scopus relies almost entirely on private cars or walking. This lack of transit options is a defining feature of the area, where the typical commute is a solo drive.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 44%, ahead of 1 vehicle (39%).

Motor vehicles per home

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Scopus splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (30%), with 3 vehicles at 22%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most workers in Scopus drive themselves to work (63.3%) or walk (10.0%). This explains why the 0% rate for working from home is far below the national figure of 21%.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Scopus, Car (driver) is the majority at 86%; Walked is next at 14%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in Scopus. This puts the area far below the Tasmanian average for stop frequency and departures.

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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).

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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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Scopus [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60590/scopus/topic/transport