1.4% ▼ -42.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Clarence Town · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Clarence Town
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Reliance on private cars has remained the defining feature of transport in Clarence Town. Almost every household owns a vehicle, which is necessary given the town has no public transport stops or routes. The typical resident faces a very long trip to the city, taking 176 minutes to get there.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here lack a car, with only 1.4% having none, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 45% owning two vehicles and another 15.4% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Clarence Town, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (20%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Private cars are the primary way to get to work, as 0% of people use public transport. While 19% of the workforce works from home, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
19.0% ▲ +349.9%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 19.0%
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: 0.7%
- 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 is a total absence of public transport infrastructure, with zero stops and routes. This leaves the area far below the state average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Getting to the city is a significant journey, with drive times here being among the highest for similar areas at 176 minutes.
176
Higher than 95% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Clarence Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10919/clarence-town/topic/transport