10.9% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Clifton Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Clifton Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of the workforce in Clifton Hill works from home, far more than the national figure. This high rate of remote work is a standout feature of the area, where residents also rely less on cars than people in other parts of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.9% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households have one vehicle, while 28.7% own two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Clifton Hill, 1 vehicle is the majority at 53%; 2 vehicles is next at 29%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the most common way to get to work at 49%, far above the Australian average of 21%. Public transport use for commuting is also a little above the national figure at 4.5%.
49.0% ▲ +765.3%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 49.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.5% ▼ -77.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 4.5%
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.
The area is very well connected, with 1,843.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is well above the state figure. It has 22 stops and 6 routes, making it one of the largest areas for transit reach.
22
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.
3.33
Higher than 71% 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).
1,843.9
Higher than 91% 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
56,098
Higher than 87% 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).
289,622
Higher than 88% 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).
36
Lower than 87% 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 very fast, with a typical drive time of just 7 minutes. Residents also have a shorter walk to the nearest transport stop than most people in similar areas.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
7
Lower than 99% 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 Clifton Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20574/clifton-hill/topic/transport