Clyde · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Clyde

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

Over half of households in Clyde have two motor vehicles, making car reliance a central part of daily life here. This is a car-dependent area where very few people rely on public transport, and the typical drive to the city takes 47 minutes.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high, with 53.3% of homes owning two vehicles and 19.1% owning three or more. Only 1.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.

1.1% ▼ -31.9%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.6%
  • 2016: 1.2%
  • 2021: 1.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Clyde, 2 vehicles is the majority at 53%; 1 vehicle is next at 26%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, with 63% as the driver. Those working from home make up 15.7% of the workforce, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.

15.7% ▲ +24.1%

Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 12.6%
  • 2016: 3.4%
  • 2021: 15.7%

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

1.5% ▼ -36.4%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4%
  • 2016: 3.1%
  • 2021: 1.5%

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.

How people get to work

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In Clyde, Car (driver) is the majority at 75%; Worked at home is next at 19%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is exclusively bus-based, with 23 stops serving the area. While the number of routes and stops is higher than in many similar areas, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.

2.06

Higher than 66% 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).

477.8

Higher than 78% 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).

0

Lower than 99% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around on foot is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 34 minutes, which is higher than in most areas.

34

Higher than 70% 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.

47

Lower than 63% 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 Clyde [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20581/clyde/topic/transport