Glendon Brook · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Glendon Brook

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every household in Glendon Brook relies on a car to get around. This is a remote area where the typical home has two or more vehicles, and the long 132-minute drive to the city makes private transport essential for daily life.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

No homes in the area are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales and national figures. Most households are well-equipped, with 52.8% having two vehicles and another 37.7% owning three or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.4%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Glendon Brook, 2 vehicles is the majority at 53%; 3 vehicles is next at 22%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, with 61.8% as the sole driver. While 22.4% work from home—a figure a little above the national average—no one in the area uses public transport to get to their job.

22.4% ▲ +72.9%

Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 12.9%
  • 2016: 11.5%
  • 2021: 22.4%

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: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Glendon Brook, Car (driver) is the majority at 70%; Worked at home is next at 25%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is non-existent here, with no routes or stops available. This means the number of weekly departures is far below the New South Wales average.

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Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting into the city is a significant journey, with a typical drive time of 132 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.

132

Higher than 86% 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)).
  • 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 Glendon Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11665/glendon-brook/topic/transport