4.8% ▼ -37.9%
Lower than 60% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Clarence Valley · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Clarence Valley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Clarence Valley than in most other areas, with only 4.8% of households without a vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is seen in the way people get to work and the limited use of public transport across the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have one or two cars, and the proportion of homes with no vehicle has fallen by 3 points since 2011. This 4.8% figure is well below the New South Wales rate of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Clarence Valley splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 65.1% of people as the driver. Very few people use public transport for their commute (0.3%), and the 10.3% who work from home is far below the national figure of 21%.
10.3% ▲ +62.7%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -37.6%
Lower than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
While the area has more public transport routes than 77% of similar places, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure. Buses are the dominant mode, making up 98.8% of services.
257
Lower than 52% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.79
Higher than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
239.6
Lower than 70% of sub-region (sa3) 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).
43
Higher than 74% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes a typical 86 minutes, which is among the highest times for areas at this level.
86
Higher than 99% of sub-region (sa3) 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.
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 Clarence Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10401/clarence-valley/topic/transport