33.4% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.2%
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 33.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Glebe · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Glebe
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher proportion of homes in Glebe live without a car compared to the rest of the state. This shift away from vehicle reliance is seen in the way people work and travel, with over half the workforce now operating from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 33.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Nearly half of all homes have one vehicle, while only 14.5% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Glebe, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by No vehicle (33%) and 2 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 54.7% of people doing so, a figure far above the 21% national average. Public transport use for commuting is also a little above the state and national figures at 4.6%.
54.7% ▲ +951.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 54.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.6% ▼ -79.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 4.6%
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.
The area is exceptionally well connected, with 3,655.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far above the state figure of 1,313.6. There are 32 public transport stops, all serving bus routes.
32
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.74
Higher than 68% 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).
3,655.4
Higher 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).
13
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
131,887
Higher than 91% 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).
422,338
Higher than 90% 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).
36
Lower than 87% 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.
Getting to the city is very fast, with a typical drive time of just 4 minutes. Most residents live very close to transit, with a typical walk to the nearest stop of only 1 minute.
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.
4
Lower than 99% 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 Glebe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11645/glebe/topic/transport