3.6% ▼ -33.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Clapham · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Clapham
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A very short 9-minute drive to the city makes Clapham a highly accessible place for commuters. While most people rely on cars, the area has a strong network of bus routes and stops that are easy to reach on foot.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost half of all homes here have two motor vehicles, and only 3.6% of households have no car. This lack of car-free homes is well below the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Clapham, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive, though 14.1% work from home, which is well above the state figure. Around 3.8% use public transport to get to work, a rate much higher than in most similar areas.
14.1% ▲ +223.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.8% ▼ -49.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 3.8%
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.
Buses are the only form of public transport here, with 7 routes and 6 stops serving the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than in most similar areas, though well below the South Australian figure.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.56
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).
818.4
Higher than 84% 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
8,475
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).
58,473
Higher than 68% 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).
47
Lower than 70% 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 public transport is very easy, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking just one minute. The area is also very close to the city, with a drive time among the lowest for its level.
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 Clapham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40258/clapham/topic/transport