13.0% —
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Clayton - Central · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Clayton - Central
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer people rely on cars in Clayton - Central than in most other areas, with 13% of homes having no motor vehicle. This shift towards alternatives is clear in the high number of people using public transport to commute. The area serves as a major transit hub, connecting over 224,000 people within a 45-minute trip.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 13% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the 7.6% seen across Victoria. For those who do own cars, 45.4% of households have one vehicle and 30.1% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Clayton - Central, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is among the highest at this level at 9%, well above the national figure of 3.1%. Meanwhile, 20.7% of people work from home, a rate about the same as the Australian average.
20.7% —
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
9.0% —
Higher than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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 has a massive reach, with 224,691 people reachable within 45 minutes by transit. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than most areas, sitting at 1,922 compared to the state figure of 1,267.9.
35
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.90
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,922.0
Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
19
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
68,782
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
224,691
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
A typical trip to the city by car takes 20 minutes, which is around the middle for its level. Walking to the nearest public transport stop usually takes about 5 minutes.
5
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
20
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Clayton - Central [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/212051568/clayton-central/topic/transport