7.3% ▼ -20.7%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Glenfield · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Glenfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than a third of workers in Glenfield get to work by driving a car, though this is closely followed by the 32.6% who work from home. The area stands out for its excellent transport links, with some of the highest public transport access and connectivity for its size.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, but 7.3% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Glenfield splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 32.6%, which is far above the Australian figure of 21.0%. Around 7.1% of people use public transport to get to work, a rate well above both the state and national figures.
32.6% ▲ +2132.2%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.1% ▼ -67.0%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 23.9%
- 2021: 7.1%
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.
Public transport is a major feature, with 48 stops and 13 routes, making it one of the largest networks at this level. There are 4.56 stops per 1,000 people, which is much higher than most similar areas.
48
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.
4.56
Higher than 76% 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).
1,130.4
Higher than 87% 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).
100,728
Higher than 89% 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).
309,808
Higher than 89% 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).
56
Lower than 53% 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 by car takes about 32 minutes, which is lower than most areas. Residents also have very quick access to transit, with a typical 2-minute walk to the nearest stop.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
32
Lower than 72% 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 Glenfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11668/glenfield/topic/transport