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Transport & Vehicles in Clarence Point

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

A far higher proportion of people work from home in Clarence Point than in most similar areas. While 20.2% of workers do so, the area lacks any public transport options, making private cars the main way to get around.

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📍 Clarence Point, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have multiple cars, with 40.2% owning two vehicles and 21.4% owning three. Only 4.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%.

4.5% ▲ —

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 4.3%
  • 2021: 4.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Clarence Point, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 61.9% of residents. No one here uses public transport to commute, a figure well below the national average of 3.1%.

20.2% ▲ +58.2%

Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 12.8%
  • 2016: 4.7%
  • 2021: 20.2%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Point, Car (driver) is the majority at 69%; Worked at home is next at 23%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the state figure of 767.

0.00

Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The drive time to the city is 159 minutes, which is among the highest for areas at this level.

159

Higher than 91% 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 Clarence Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60114/clarence-point/topic/transport