8.5% ▲ +83.7%
Higher than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Clayfield · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Clayfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people use public transport and work from home in Clayfield than in the rest of the state. This shift is clear in the commute data, where nearly a quarter of the workforce now works from home. This makes the area stand out from both Queensland and national trends.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.5% of homes in Clayfield have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and has nearly doubled since 2011. For those who do own cars, 46.6% of households have one vehicle and 33.3% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Clayfield, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and No vehicle (8%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has jumped 20 points since 2011 to reach 24%, a figure well above the national average. Use of public transport for commuting is also among the highest for similar areas at 8.8%, which is well above the Queensland figure.
24.0% ▲ +564.5%
Higher than 75% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 24.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
8.8% ▲ +80.9%
Higher than 96% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 8.8%
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.
The area is very well served by transit, with 352 stops and 137 routes. This is reflected in the 1,727.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far above the state figure of 720.7.
352
Higher than 73% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.05
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,727.7
Higher than 77% of state electorate 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).
137
Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Clayfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30019/clayfield/topic/transport