10.5% ▼ -23.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gladesville · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gladesville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost half of working residents in Gladesville now work from home, a shift that defines the area's current transport patterns. This high rate of remote work is far above the national figure, meaning fewer people rely on daily travel for their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.5% of households here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the Australian figure of 7.4%. Most homes have either one or two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gladesville, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 48.7% of workers doing so, far exceeding the New South Wales figure of 31.0%. For those who travel, 29.9% drive a car, while 3.0% use public transport.
48.7% ▲ +1083.5%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 48.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.0% ▼ -83.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 3.0%
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.
Gladesville has 42 public transport stops and 7 routes, which is more than 91% of similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the state figure, though all services are bus-based.
42
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.26
Higher than 70% 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).
2,081.3
Higher than 92% 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).
7
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
73,625
Higher than 88% 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).
267,459
Higher than 88% 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).
46
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality 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.
The area is very accessible, with a typical one-minute walk to the nearest stop. It is also very close to the city, with a short 11-minute drive time.
1
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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.
11
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality 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 Gladesville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11642/gladesville/topic/transport