1.7% ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Clifton Springs · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Clifton Springs
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Clifton Springs relies on a car to get around, as only 1.7% of homes have no motor vehicle. This high level of car ownership is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia, making the private vehicle the primary way people navigate the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very common here, with 42.7% of homes having two vehicles and another 13.7% having three. This explains why so few homes, just 1.7%, go without a vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Clifton Springs, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 62.9% of people being the driver. While 15.5% of people work from home, this is far below the Victoria figure of 25.7%.
15.5% ▲ +400.4%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -47.6%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 has a high number of public transport stops and routes compared to most similar places, though these are all bus services. Despite having 33 stops, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
33
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.
4.32
Higher than 75% 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).
509.5
Higher than 79% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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.
Residents can usually reach a public transport stop within a 5-minute walk, which is lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is around 71 minutes.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
71
Higher than 51% 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 Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20575/clifton-springs/topic/transport