5.4% ▼ -26.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Scullin · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Scullin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Scullin than the national figure, with only 10.3% of the workforce doing so. Most residents rely on cars or local buses to get around the area. The suburb is well connected to the city, with a very short 13-minute drive time.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Scullin have at least one vehicle, with 42.9% owning one and 37.6% owning two. About 5.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Scullin, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (37%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 61.3% of residents. About 5% of people commute using public transport, which is among the highest rates for areas of this size.
10.3% ▲ +328.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.0% ▼ -33.5%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 mainly provided by buses, with 17 stops and 4 routes serving the area. While the number of stops is much higher than most areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the territory figure.
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.54
Higher than 80% 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).
835.1
Higher than 85% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
9,444
Higher than 58% 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).
66,950
Higher than 71% 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).
56
Lower than 53% 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 around is convenient, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes only 2 minutes. The drive time to the city is also much lower than in most other areas at just 13 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
13
Lower 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)).
- 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 Scullin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80117/scullin/topic/transport