3.0% ▼ -31.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Glenbrook · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Glenbrook
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Glenbrook than in most similar areas, with 42.4% of the workforce doing so. This reliance on home-based work is a defining feature of the local transport landscape, as very few residents use public transport to commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, and only 3% of households have no motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2% and the national rate of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Glenbrook, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
A huge 42.4% of people work from home, which is far above the national figure of 21%. Only 1.2% of the workforce commutes by public transport, a little below the Australian average of 3.1%.
42.4% ▲ +655.8%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -88.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
Glenbrook has 42 public transport stops, among the largest number of stops for an area of this size. While there are 8.27 stops per 1,000 people—well above the state average—the number of weekly departures is far below the New South Wales figure.
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.
8.27
Higher than 86% 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).
342.9
Higher than 75% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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 area is well connected for pedestrians, with a typical 6-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 41 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
41
Lower than 67% 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 Glenbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11660/glenbrook/topic/transport