4.2% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Clarkson · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Clarkson
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 6% of people in Clarkson work from home, a figure far below the national average of 21%. Most residents rely on cars to get around, though the area has a high number of public transport stops and routes compared to similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 41% of households here have two motor vehicles, and very few have none. At 4.2%, the share of homes without a car is higher than in most similar areas, though it is about the same as the state figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Clarkson splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 6.5% of workers use public transport, which is among the highest for areas of this type. This is well above the Australian figure of 3.1%, while the 6% who work from home is much lower than in most other areas.
6.0% ▲ +188.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.5% ▼ -34.1%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 6.5%
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 is highly accessible with 62 stops and 9 routes, among the largest counts for this level. The area has 1,780.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is a little above the Western Australian figure.
62
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.46
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).
1,780.6
Higher than 90% 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).
9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
13,904
Higher than 65% 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).
86,011
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).
60
Higher than 56% 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 the city is relatively quick with a 25-minute drive time, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also enjoy very easy access to transit, with a typical one-minute walk to the nearest stop.
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.
25
Lower than 79% 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 Clarkson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50297/clarkson/topic/transport