0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Forest Glen · Suburb / Locality
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership remains the primary way of getting around Forest Glen, with a vast majority of homes owning multiple vehicles. This reliance on private transport is mirrored in the daily commute, where almost no one uses public transit. The area is largely disconnected from the broader transport network, with no active public transport stops or routes available.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every home in Forest Glen has at least one motor vehicle, a figure well below the New South Wales rate of 9.2% for homes without one. Most households are well-equipped, with 32% owning four or more vehicles and another 40% having two.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Forest Glen, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 32%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 4 or more (26%).
How people travel to work.
Driving is the most common way to get to work for 44.1% of residents, while 17.6% work from home. This working-from-home rate is well below the Australian figure of 21%. No one in the area commutes using public transport.
17.6% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is non-existent here, with zero stops, routes, or departures. This means no one can reach other people via transit within 45 minutes, leaving the area far below the New South Wales average for transport access.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
0.0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Forest Glen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11545/forest-glen/topic/transport