Cloverlea · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Cloverlea

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

A heavy reliance on cars defines transport in Cloverlea, where every single home owns at least one motor vehicle. This is a place where private transport is essential for daily life, as there are no public transport options available within the area.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every home in Cloverlea has a car, which is well below the Victorian and national figures. The typical household is well equipped, with 45.5% owning two vehicles and 22.7% owning four or more.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Cloverlea, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 4 or more (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most residents drive to work, with 67.6% as the driver. While 21.9% work from home—a rate higher than most similar areas—no one in the community uses public transport to commute.

21.9% ▲ +39.8%

Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 15.7%
  • 2016: 9.4%
  • 2021: 21.9%

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: 1.4%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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 Cloverlea, Car (driver) is the majority at 76%; Worked at home is next at 24%.

Public transport access

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

Cloverlea has no public transport routes or stops. This lack of access is far below the state average, with zero weekly departures per 1,000 people.

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Lower than 99% 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).

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Lower than 99% 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.

Getting to the city takes about 80 minutes by car. Because there are no local services, the walk to the nearest stop is among the highest for its level at 89 minutes.

89

Higher 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.

80

Higher than 57% 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 Cloverlea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20578/cloverlea/topic/transport