45.5% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Clifton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Clifton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge 45.5% of workers in Clifton work from home, a figure far above the national average. While the area has excellent access to public transport, almost no one uses it to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 1 vehicle at 80%, ahead of 2 vehicles (70%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Clifton, 1 vehicle is the majority at 53%; 2 vehicles is next at 47%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 45.5% of the workforce doing so, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 31%. This helps explain why 0% of residents use public transport for their daily commute.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Public transport access is among the highest for similar areas, with nearly 6,000 weekly departures per 1,000 people. This is far above the state figure, though the only available mode is the bus.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
57.14
Higher 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).
5,971.4
Higher 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 around is easy for those on foot, with a walk to the nearest stop taking just one minute. The drive time to the city is 53 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.
53
Lower than 60% 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 Clifton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10932/clifton/topic/transport