8.3% ▼ -20.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Glen Innes · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Glen Innes
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 63% of working residents in Glen Innes drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way people get around. While the town has a few more public transport routes than most similar areas, the actual services are very limited compared to the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 42.7% owning one and 31.3% owning two. About 8.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Glen Innes, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost no one here uses public transport to get to work, and only 8.7% work from home, a figure far below the national level. The vast majority of people rely on cars, with 63.4% driving and 6.6% travelling as passengers.
8.7% ▲ +48.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
The area has 5 public transport routes and 2 stops, which is more than many similar places. However, there are only 3.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the New South Wales figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.32
Higher than 58% 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).
3.5
Higher than 58% 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality 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 stop takes about 72 minutes on average, which is much higher than in most areas.
72
Higher than 92% 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.
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 Glen Innes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11653/glen-innes/topic/transport