Clarence Park · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Clarence Park

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

Quick access to the city defines daily life in Clarence Park, where a short 7-minute drive makes it one of the most connected areas in the region. Public transport use is well above the national figure, supported by a high number of transit routes and stops.

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📍 Clarence Park, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have at least one car, though 7.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.

7.4% ▼ -17.9%

Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.0%
  • 2016: 9.0%
  • 2021: 7.4%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Clarence Park, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (9%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Public transport use for work is among the highest for this area type, reaching 7.3%, well above the national figure of 3.1%. Meanwhile, 13.3% of people work from home, which is well below the Australian average.

13.3% ▲ +379.6%

Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.8%
  • 2016: 3.3%
  • 2021: 13.3%

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

7.3% ▼ -38.4%

Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 11.8%
  • 2016: 11.4%
  • 2021: 7.3%

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 Clarence Park, Car (driver) is the majority at 65%; Worked at home is next at 16%.

Public transport access

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

The area is well served with 11 public transport routes and a high number of departures, making the transit time to the city much lower than most areas.

4.14

Higher than 74% 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).

1,368.7

Higher than 88% 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).

17,650

Higher than 72% 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).

149,109

Higher than 86% 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).

40

Lower than 81% 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 around is convenient, with a typical 5-minute walk to the nearest stop and a drive time to the city that is among the lowest at this level.

5

Lower than 68% 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.

7

Lower than 99% 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 Clarence Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40261/clarence-park/topic/transport