6.9% ▼ -41.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Clovelly Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Clovelly Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short 2-minute walk to the nearest stop makes getting around Clovelly Park easier than in most similar areas. While most people still drive, the suburb has an impressive 11 public transport routes, making it one of the best-connected places of its size in the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.9% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas. For those who do own cars, 40.2% of households have one vehicle and 36% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Clovelly Park splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is 7.7%, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%. Conversely, only 9.3% of people work from home, a rate far below the Australian average of 21%.
9.3% ▲ +345.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 9.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.7% ▼ -17.5%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 7.7%
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.
Clovelly Park is very well served with 15 public transport stops and 1,198 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is much higher than most areas. Buses are the primary mode of travel, accounting for 92.9% of services.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.80
Higher than 77% 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).
1,198.0
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).
11
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
89,236
Higher than 76% 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).
53
Lower than 59% 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.
Residents enjoy a very quick 2-minute walk to their nearest stop. For those heading to the city, the drive time is only 12 minutes, which is much lower than in most similar areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
12
Lower than 92% 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 Clovelly Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40272/clovelly-park/topic/transport