1.3% ▼ -25.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Glenorie · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Glenorie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge 33.2% of the workforce now works from home in Glenorie, far above the national figure. This shift highlights a local reliance on private cars and home offices in a rural setting where commuting is difficult. Most households are heavily equipped with multiple vehicles to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here go without a car, with only 1.3% having none, which is well below the state and national figures. Instead, most households own several cars, and 27.4% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Glenorie, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 4 or more (27%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way people get to work, while only 0.3% use public transport. This is a little below the national figure, though it remains higher than in many other similar areas.
33.2% ▲ +184.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 33.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -81.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
Despite having 22 public transport stops—more than about 89% of similar areas—no one can reach other people within 45 minutes using transit. All local services are buses, but the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.
22
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.
5.80
Higher than 81% 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).
568.8
Higher than 80% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Getting around is a challenge, with a walk to the nearest stop taking 81 minutes, among the highest for this level. A drive to the city takes 103 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
81
Higher than 97% 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.
103
Higher than 71% 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 Glenorie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11677/glenorie/topic/transport