3.3% ▼ -18.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Clifton Beach · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Clifton Beach
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more public transport stops and services than most similar areas are found in Clifton Beach. While the community has strong access to buses, the vast majority of residents still rely on private cars for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 43% of homes having one vehicle and 36.4% having two. Only 3.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Queensland figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Clifton Beach, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, while 15.2% work from home, a figure slightly above the Queensland average. Only 1.1% use public transport to commute, which is a little below the national figure.
15.2% ▲ +148.4%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -45.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 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.
Public transport access is very high, with 16 stops and 2 routes serving the area. This results in 949.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is well above the Queensland figure of 720.7.
16
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.
5.01
Higher than 78% 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).
949.9
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.
The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 15 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
15
Higher than 53% 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.
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 Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30625/clifton-beach/topic/transport