0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Clarence · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Clarence
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly every home in Clarence has a car, leaving this area far more vehicle-dependent than the rest of New South Wales. While public transport access is high for its size, the vast majority of residents rely on their own cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the state and national levels. Most households are well-equipped, with 44.1% owning two cars and 27.9% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Clarence, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 4 or more (26%) and 3 vehicles (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 60% of people as the driver. Working from home is a little more common here than the national figure, at 22.1%, while no one uses public transport to commute.
22.1% ▲ +703.2%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 22.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
There are 15 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the New South Wales figure.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
15.00
Higher than 90% 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).
990.0
Higher than 86% 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A six-minute walk to the nearest stop is lower than most areas. Despite this, the drive time to the city is 101 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
101
Higher than 70% 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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Clarence
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Clarence [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10918/clarence/topic/transport