Clinton · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Clinton

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

Private cars are the primary way of getting around Clinton, where 72.7% of workers drive themselves to work. While the area has a fair number of transport stops, very few people actually use public transit to commute.

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📍 Clinton, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have multiple cars, with 42.2% owning two vehicles. Only 3.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

3.2% ▲ +35.1%

Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.4%
  • 2016: 3.6%
  • 2021: 3.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Clinton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (15%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the dominant choice for workers, while only 3.3% work from home, a figure far below the national average of 21.0%. Just 0.4% of residents commute using public transport.

3.3% ▲ +49.9%

Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.2%
  • 2016: 2.0%
  • 2021: 3.3%

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

0.4% ▼ -74.4%

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.5%
  • 2016: 2.0%
  • 2021: 0.4%

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 Clinton, Car (driver) is the majority at 88%; Car (passenger) is next at 7%.

Public transport access

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

There are 23 public transport stops across two bus routes, giving Clinton 3.73 stops per 1,000 people. This is a little above the Queensland figure, though weekly departures are far below the state average.

3.73

Higher than 72% 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).

171.8

Higher than 72% 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.

It takes a typical resident about 4 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is lower than in most similar areas.

4

Lower than 71% 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 Clinton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30626/clinton/topic/transport