4.9% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Clear · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Clear
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people use public transport in Mount Clear compared to the state and national figures, though the area has more transit stops than most similar places. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around, with only 1.1% commuting by public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 39.9% owning two vehicles and 37.5% owning one. Only 4.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Mount Clear splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 60.5% of people as the driver. Working from home is also common at 18.1%, though this is well below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
18.1% ▲ +611.1%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -33.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 served by two bus routes and 14 stops, which is more than most similar areas. While the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is much higher than most similar areas, it remains well below the state average.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.81
Higher than 73% 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).
988.0
Higher than 86% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
A typical walk to the nearest single stop takes about 6 minutes, which is lower than in most areas. The drive time to the city is around 77 minutes.
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.
77
Higher than 55% 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 Mount Clear [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21783/mount-clear/topic/transport