3.5% ▼ -18.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Glenfield Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Glenfield Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far lower share of people work from home in Glenfield Park compared to the rest of the state. Only 5.4% of the workforce works from home, and the vast majority of residents rely on cars to get around. This highlights a strong dependence on road travel for daily needs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every household here owns a car, with only 3.5% having none. This is well below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia. Most homes have either one or two vehicles, with about 40% falling into each category.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Glenfield Park splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (40%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the dominant way to get to work, with 75.8% of people driving and another 6.6% travelling as passengers. Public transport use is very low at 0.7%, which is a little below the state and national figures.
5.4% ▲ +308.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▲ +27.5%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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.
The area is served by three bus routes and 21 stops, which is more than most similar areas. While weekly departures per person are much higher than in similar areas, this figure remains far below the New South Wales average.
21
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.
4.14
Higher than 74% 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).
235.5
Higher than 73% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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 public transport stop is very quick, with a typical time of just one minute. This is much lower than most other areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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 Glenfield Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11669/glenfield-park/topic/transport