1.6% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Glenning Valley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Glenning Valley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes in Glenning Valley go without a car compared to the rest of Australia. While only 1.6% of households lack a vehicle, most residents rely heavily on private transport for their daily needs. This creates a strong contrast with the national figures, as car ownership is nearly universal here.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 43.8% having two vehicles and 13.3% owning four or more. This explains why the number of homes without a car is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Glenning Valley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is much more common here than in most areas, with 27.6% of workers doing so. This is well above the national figure of 21.0%, while only 0.5% of the workforce uses public transport to get to work.
27.6% ▲ +359.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -83.3%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 a very high number of public transport stops and departures per 1,000 people compared to the state average. All available services are buses, with 24 stops serving the area.
24
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.
11.86
Higher than 88% 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).
1,838.4
Higher than 91% 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).
16,006
Higher than 69% 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).
16,006
Lower than 54% 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.
A typical trip to the city takes about 67 minutes. Despite the high number of stops, the walk to the nearest one is longer than in most areas, taking around 29 minutes.
29
Higher than 66% 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.
67
Lower than 52% 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 Glenning Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11676/glenning-valley/topic/transport