3.0% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Glenelg · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Glenelg
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 60.7% of working residents in Glenelg drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on private cars. This is an area where very few people go without a vehicle and public transport options are extremely limited. Only 0.1% of the workforce uses public transit to get to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 3.0% of homes having no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households own multiple cars, with 35.5% having two and another 15.2% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Glenelg, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has risen to 16.3% since 2011, though this remains well below the national figure of 21.0%. Commuting by public transport is among the lowest for similar areas at just 0.1%.
16.3% ▲ +20.5%
Higher than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.6%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.1% ▼ -81.2%
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.1%
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 is very sparse, with only 14 stops and 3 bus routes serving the area. This results in just 26.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the Victorian average of 1,267.9.
14
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.57
Lower than 83% 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).
26.6
Lower than 85% 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).
3
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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/sa2/217011420/glenelg/topic/transport