Transport
The suburb lies adjacent to South Road to the east, and Marion Road lies a short distance to the west. South Road is the main north-south arterial road in Adelaide, and thus it provides rapid access to a large portion of the city. Limited east-west travel is facilitated through Daws Road/Oaklands Road to the north and Sturt Road to the south.
Clovelly Park is well serviced by public transport. Frequent buses run along South Road, and both the 213 and 297 run through the center of the suburb. In addition, the northern residential portion of Clovelly Park is serviced by the Mitchell Park railway station on the Tonsley railway line. Clovelly Park railway station primarily services the southern portion of Mitchell Park and Mitsubishi's Tonsley plant, while Tonsley station handles the southern end of the suburb, as well as being in walking distance of Flinders University. The Noarlunga Centre railway line, which provides more services than the Tonsley line, is close by and is accessible via the Ascot Park railway station to the north of the suburb.
According to the 2006 census by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, just under 11% of the employed population of the suburb used public transport to travel to work, up from 9% in the 2001 census. The majority (68%) of those traveling to work using a single form of transport relied on cars, motorbikes and trucks, with 7% of those employed choosing to travel as a passenger.
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