6.1% ▼ -23.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Scottsdale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Scottsdale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 160 minutes of driving time to the city makes Scottsdale one of the most remote areas at this level. While most locals rely on cars, about 6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 39% of homes have one vehicle, while 33% have two. Only 6.1% of households have no car, a figure that is about the same as the Tasmania average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Scottsdale, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 39%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work (0.4%), and only 6.3% work from home. This is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
6.3% ▲ +29.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -63.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
Bus services provide the only form of public transport here. With 5 stops and 3 routes, the area has more than most similar places, though the number of departures is far below the state figure.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.08
Higher than 66% 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).
35.7
Higher than 61% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
The walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 9 minutes, which is around the middle for this level.
9
Lower than 56% 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.
159
Higher than 91% 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 Scottsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60592/scottsdale/topic/transport