7.4% ▼ -26.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Clontarf · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Clontarf
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A high number of public transport stops and services have become a key feature of Clontarf. While 7.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, the area remains heavily reliant on cars for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, but 7.4% of households have no motor vehicle at all. This is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Clontarf splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 61.6% of people. Those working from home make up 12.7% of the workforce, which is lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 21.0%.
12.7% ▲ +296.5%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▼ -35.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 infrastructure is very strong, with 37 stops and 3 routes, which is among the largest and most extensive for this level. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the Queensland figure.
37
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.
4.38
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).
1,135.8
Higher than 87% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
8,415
Higher than 56% 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).
30,823
Higher than 56% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 29 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than most areas. The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes 8 minutes.
8
Lower than 57% 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.
29
Lower than 75% 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 Clontarf [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30629/clontarf/topic/transport