Clarence Town · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Clarence Town

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

Almost every home in Clarence Town owns a car, with only 2.2% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%. The area relies heavily on private transport for daily travel.

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📍 Clarence Town, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have multiple cars, with 41.8% owning two vehicles and 19.5% owning three. This high rate of ownership is consistent with the fact that very few households have no vehicle at all.

2.2% ▲ +2.9%

Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.1%
  • 2016: 1.6%
  • 2021: 2.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Clarence Town, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the Australian average of 3.1%. While 66.9% of workers drive, the proportion of people working from home rose to 14.7% since 2011.

14.7% ▲ +87.9%

Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 7.8%
  • 2016: 7.4%
  • 2021: 14.7%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.1%
  • 2016: 1.6%
  • 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 Town, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Worked at home is next at 17%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Clarence Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121018/clarence-town/topic/transport