Clifton · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Clifton

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

Driving habits in Clifton have stayed remarkably steady since 2011, with very few residents switching to working from home. Most households rely heavily on their own cars, and almost nobody uses public transport to get to work.

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📍 Clifton, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are common here, as only 3.5% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is a little below the Queensland figure and well below the national rate, a trend that has barely changed over the last decade.

3.5% ▼ -17.9%

Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.3%
  • 2016: 5.8%
  • 2021: 3.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Clifton, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (9%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is rare at 3.3%, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Reliance on cars is high, and with 0.0% of people using public transport, this is well below the Australian average.

3.3% ▲ +67.8%

Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.0%
  • 2016: 2.8%
  • 2021: 3.3%

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: 0.5%
  • 2016: 4.4%
  • 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 Clifton, Car (driver) is the majority at 84%; Walked is next at 7%.

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 Clifton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315021/clifton/topic/transport