Clareville · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Clareville

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

A huge shift toward remote work defines Clareville, where over half of the working population now works from home. This trend is far above the national figure, creating a local landscape where professional life is increasingly decoupled from the daily commute.

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📍 Clareville, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here have multiple cars, with 53% owning two vehicles. Only 2.6% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the New South Wales and Australian averages.

2.6% —

Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 2.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Clareville, 2 vehicles is the majority at 51%; 1 vehicle is next at 24%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is incredibly common here at 50.3%, which is far above the national figure of 21%. In contrast, very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.9%.

50.3% —

Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 16.4%
  • 2021: 50.3%

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

0.9% —

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 5.9%
  • 2021: 0.9%

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 Clareville, Worked at home is the majority at 59%; Car (driver) is next at 38%.

Public transport access

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

The area has 8 public transport stops and 1 route, all served by buses. With 9.73 stops per 1,000 people, this is much higher than most areas and far above the New South Wales figure.

9.73

Higher than 87% 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).

1,703.2

Higher than 90% 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).

13,052

Higher than 64% of suburb / locality 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).

26,733

Higher than 54% of suburb / locality 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the nearest transport stop is very easy, with a typical walk of just 1 minute. The drive time to the city is 37 minutes, which is lower than most areas.

1

Lower than 99% 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.

37

Lower than 69% 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)).
  • 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 Clareville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10922/clareville/topic/transport