1.6% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Glen Alpine · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Glen Alpine
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive 35% of working residents in Glen Alpine work from home, which is far above the national figure. This reliance on home-based work is reflected in the area's high vehicle ownership, as very few households get by without a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home here owns a car, with only 1.6% of households having none. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most homes have multiple vehicles, with 41.1% owning two and 22.8% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Glen Alpine, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 1 vehicle (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is a dominant trend here, sitting well above the state average. Only 0.7% of people commute by public transport, which is a little below the national figure and reflects the high number of people who drive or work from home.
35.0% ▲ +938.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -90.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Glen Alpine has 24 public transport stops—more than 90% of similar areas—service levels are low. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure, and all available transit is provided by buses.
24
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.
5.42
Higher than 79% 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).
521.6
Higher than 79% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical drive time to the city is 39 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas. It takes about 20 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop, a result that is around the middle for its level.
20
Higher than 59% 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.
39
Lower than 68% 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 Glen Alpine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11649/glen-alpine/topic/transport