9.0% ▼ -21.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Clayfield · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Clayfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people use public transport in Clayfield than the Queensland average, with 10.3% commuting via transit. The area is exceptionally well-connected, featuring a short 9-minute drive to the city and some of the highest numbers of transport stops and routes in the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Queensland figure of 5.8%. Half of all households keep one vehicle, while 30.6% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Clayfield, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 50%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and No vehicle (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 23.6% of residents doing so—a figure well above the national average. While 43.7% drive to work, the 10.3% using public transport is among the highest for similar areas.
23.6% ▲ +465.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
10.3% ▼ -46.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.0%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 10.3%
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.
Public transport is highly accessible with 4.31 stops per 1,000 people, well above the state average. This is supported by 102 different routes and 1,461 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far above the Queensland figure.
47
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.31
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).
1,461.0
Higher than 89% 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).
102
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
63,174
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).
148,936
Higher than 86% 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).
39
Lower than 83% 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 9 minutes. Most residents live very close to transit, with the typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 1 minute.
1
Lower 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.
9
Lower than 96% 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 Clayfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30617/clayfield/topic/transport