Clifton - Greenmount · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Clifton - Greenmount

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

Only 2% of homes lack a car in Clifton - Greenmount, a figure well below the national average. This heavy reliance on private vehicles is a key feature of the area, as there is almost no public transport available and the drive to the city takes about 111 minutes.

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📍 Clifton - Greenmount, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households own multiple cars, with 40.1% having two and 13.2% owning four or more. The proportion of homes without a vehicle is much lower than in most other areas and has fallen since 2011.

2.0% ▼ -40.3%

Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 3.3%
  • 2016: 2.2%
  • 2021: 2.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Clifton - Greenmount, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 62.6% of people, while 16.9% work from home. Very few people use public transport to commute, at just 0.3%, which is a little below the state and national figures.

16.9% ▼ -9.8%

Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 18.7%
  • 2016: 16.5%
  • 2021: 16.9%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.3% ▼ -28.7%

Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 0.5%
  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 0.3%

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 Clifton - Greenmount, Car (driver) is the majority at 73%; Worked at home is next at 20%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is virtually non-existent here, with no routes or stops serving the area. This leaves the region far below the Queensland average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.

0

Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

0.00

Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is dominated by private travel, with the typical drive time to the city sitting among the highest for similar areas at 111 minutes.

111

Higher than 91% 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)).
  • 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 Clifton - Greenmount [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/307031184/clifton-greenmount/topic/transport