4.8% ▼ -21.5%
Lower than 61% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Glenelg - Southern Grampians · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Glenelg - Southern Grampians
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A typical 37-minute walk to the nearest stop makes Glenelg - Southern Grampians one of the least accessible areas for transit. Most people here rely on their own cars to get around, and very few residents use public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high, with 68.5% of homes owning two or three vehicles. Only 4.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Glenelg - Southern Grampians splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (32%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, used by 63.7% of residents. Very few people use public transport for their commute (0.2%), and those working from home (12.9%) are well below the national figure of 21.0%.
12.9% ▲ +44.5%
Lower than 52% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -61.6%
Lower than 97% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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.
While the number of stops per person is about the same as the Victorian average, the frequency of services is far below the state figure. Only buses operate here, with no trains, trams, or ferries available.
162
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.40
Lower than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
169.2
Lower than 74% of sub-region (sa3) 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).
10
Lower than 80% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Walking to the nearest public transport stop takes an average of 37 minutes, which is much higher than most other areas.
37
Higher than 87% of sub-region (sa3) 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.
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)).
- 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 Glenelg - Southern Grampians [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21701/glenelg-southern-grampians/topic/transport