Clemton Park · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Clemton Park

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

Working from home is far more common in Clemton Park than in the rest of Australia, with 38.1% of workers doing so. This shift toward home-based work is mirrored in a high number of households that do not own a car, which is well above the national figure.

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📍 Clemton Park, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 14.6% of homes here have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the New South Wales rate of 9.2%. While many families have two cars, this lack of a vehicle is among the highest for similar areas.

14.6% ▼ -8.3%

Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 16.0%
  • 2016: 11.7%
  • 2021: 14.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Clemton Park splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (32%), with No vehicle at 15%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

A huge 38.1% of people work from home, which is far above the Australian average of 21%. For those who do travel, 32.5% drive as the primary driver, while 2.9% use public transport.

38.1% ▲ +1545.5%

Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3%
  • 2016: 3.2%
  • 2021: 38.1%

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

2.9% ▼ -78.2%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 13.2%
  • 2016: 12.5%
  • 2021: 2.9%

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 Clemton Park, Worked at home is the majority at 50%; Car (driver) is next at 43%.

Public transport access

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

The area has more public transport routes and stops than most similar places, though all services are bus-based. While the number of weekly departures is much higher than in most areas, it remains far below the state average.

0.60

Higher than 60% 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).

418.3

Higher than 77% 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).

39,248

Higher than 86% 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).

162,621

Higher than 86% 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).

61

Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Clemton Park is very accessible, with a short 4-minute walk to the nearest stop. It also has a drive time to the city of 17 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.

4

Lower than 71% 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.

17

Lower than 86% 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 Clemton Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10927/clemton-park/topic/transport