6.1% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Clare · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Clare
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people in Clare rely on public transport and live without cars than in most similar areas. While 6.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, the town remains heavily car-dependent for daily travel. This is reflected in the long 92-minute drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, with 39.1% owning two and 36.7% owning one. The 6.1% of households without a vehicle is much higher than in most similar areas, though this is a little below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Clare splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 68.5% of people. Only 5.1% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21% and much lower than most similar areas.
5.1% ▲ +3.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -73.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
Clare has 7 public transport routes and 3 stops, which is more than most areas of this size. However, the 7.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the South Australian figure of 1,317.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.93
Higher than 61% 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).
7.4
Higher than 58% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is dominated by the car, with a typical drive time of 92 minutes to the city. For those using transit, the walk to the nearest stop takes about 14 minutes, which is around the middle for this level of area.
14
Higher than 51% 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.
92
Higher than 64% 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)).
- 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 Clare [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40259/clare/topic/transport