17.0% ▼ -16.9%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Clayton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Clayton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge jump in public transport frequency defines the way people move through Clayton. The area now has 2,618.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian figure of 1,267.9. This high level of service supports a community where many residents do not own a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 17% of homes in Clayton have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the national average of 7.4%. Most households rely on one car, accounting for 46% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Clayton, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (27%) and No vehicle (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is among the highest for similar areas at 7.9%, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%. This is alongside a high rate of people working from home at 19.9%.
19.9% ▲ +962.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 19.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.9% ▼ -45.8%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 7.9%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Clayton provides excellent connectivity with 91 public transport stops and 36 routes, making it larger than about 90% of similar areas. This network allows over 158,000 people to be reached within 45 minutes by transit.
91
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.79
Higher than 77% 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).
2,618.9
Higher than 95% 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).
36
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
44,809
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).
158,719
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.
Getting to the city is fast, with a drive time of 19 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also enjoy very easy access to transit, with a typical 3-minute walk to the nearest stop.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
19
Lower than 84% 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 Clayton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20569/clayton/topic/transport