Vale Of Clwydd · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Vale Of Clwydd

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

A 128-minute drive to the city marks the Vale Of Clwydd as a very remote area. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around, as very few people work from home or use public transport for their daily commute.

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📍 Vale Of Clwydd, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 9.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and slightly above the national figure of 7.4%. For those who do own cars, nearly half of households have just one vehicle.

9.1% ▼ -54.9%

Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 20.3%
  • 2016: 9.7%
  • 2021: 9.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Vale Of Clwydd, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 48%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (9%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here commutes using public transport, and only 9.7% of people work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%. Most of the workforce drives themselves to work.

9.7% ▲ —

Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 2.4%
  • 2021: 9.7%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.5%
  • 2016: 3.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Vale Of Clwydd, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Worked at home is next at 12%.

Public transport access

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

While there are 12.9 public transport stops per 1,000 people—far above the state average—the number of weekly departures is much lower than most areas. All available public transport is provided by buses.

12.90

Higher than 89% 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).

322.6

Higher than 75% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Walking to the nearest transport stop takes 43 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. This lack of accessibility is mirrored in the long drive time to the city.

43

Higher than 75% 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.

128

Higher than 85% 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 Vale Of Clwydd [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14082/vale-of-clwydd/topic/transport