7.9% ▼ -25.6%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Point Clare · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Point Clare
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short one-minute walk to the nearest stop makes daily travel very easy for many in Point Clare. While cars remain the main way to get around, a high number of residents work from home, with 33.8% of the workforce doing so.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, but 7.9% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Point Clare splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than across Australia, at 33.8%. For those who leave the house, 40.6% drive alone and 2.5% use public transport, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
33.8% ▲ +590.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 33.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.5% ▼ -74.8%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 2.5%
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.
Point Clare has a high number of public transport stops and routes compared to most areas, with 28 stops and 3 routes. However, the number of people reachable within 45 minutes by transit is smaller than in 61% of similar areas.
28
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.05
Higher than 86% 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).
1,108.2
Higher than 87% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
6,571
Lower than 63% 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 much faster here than in most areas, taking only one minute. The typical drive time to the city is 54 minutes.
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.
54
Lower than 59% 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).
More for Point Clare
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Point Clare [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13243/point-clare/topic/transport