1.8% ▲ +26.0%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Glenwood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Glenwood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher proportion of people work from home in Glenwood than in the rest of the country, with 44.4% of the workforce doing so. This shift is part of a wider trend where car reliance remains very high, while the use of public transport for commuting has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home in Glenwood has a car, with only 1.8% of households owning no motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2% and the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Glenwood, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has risen sharply since 2011 to 44.4%, which is far above the Australian average of 21.0%. Meanwhile, those commuting by public transport fell to 2.5%, a drop of 8.5 percentage points over the last ten years.
44.4% ▲ +1134.5%
Higher than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.5% ▼ -77.2%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 stops are relatively plentiful with 64 in the area, and weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state figure. However, the transit time to the city is 67 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
64
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.04
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
2,215.4
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
11
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
32,531
Higher than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
123,048
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
67
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest stop is very easy, with a typical walk of just 1 minute. The drive time to the city is around 29 minutes, which is about the middle for similar areas.
1
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
29
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Glenwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/116021309/glenwood/topic/transport