4.9% —
Lower than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Scarborough (North Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Scarborough (North Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Most residents in Scarborough rely on private cars for their daily travel, though public transport services are surprisingly frequent. While car ownership is the norm, the area has more weekly transport departures per 1,000 people than most similar places. This suggests a well-serviced area where transport options are available, even if the car remains the primary choice.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 41% of homes here have two motor vehicles, and only 4.9% of households get by without one. This rate is about the same as the Western Australian figure and has barely changed since 2016.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Scarborough (North Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (39%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 61.5% of people as the driver. While the number of people working from home rose to 9.5% since 2016, this is still far below the national figure of 21%.
9.5% —
Lower than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.6% —
Higher than 68% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 3.6%
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 here is dominated by buses, which make up 98.5% of the routes. This results in 2,142.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure that is well above the Western Australian average.
243
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.31
Higher than 65% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
2,142.2
Higher than 87% of state electorate 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).
22
Lower than 62% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Scarborough (North Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED54804/scarborough/topic/transport