4.6% ▼ -14.5%
Lower than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Glenelg · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Glenelg
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge gap exists in public transport frequency for Glenelg, where there are 1,131 fewer weekly departures per 1,000 people than the Victorian average. This makes the area heavily dependent on private cars for getting around. While most homes have at least one vehicle, very few people use public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 37% having two vehicles and 16.4% having three. Only 4.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.6% seen across Victoria.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Glenelg, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Car travel dominates the morning rush, with 65.6% of workers driving. Only 0.2% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure that is much lower than most areas; meanwhile, working from home has risen to 10.9% since 2011.
10.9% ▲ +47.4%
Lower than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -66.1%
Lower than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
Public transport in the area relies entirely on buses, as there are no trains, trams or ferries. While there are 74 stops, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
74
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.67
Higher than 55% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
136.6
Higher than 58% of council (lga) 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).
5
Lower than 55% of council (lga) 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 Glenelg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA22410/glenelg/topic/transport