16.7% ▲ +77.8%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Glenridding · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Glenridding
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A lack of public transport options defines Glenridding, where the area has seen very little change in its reliance on private cars. With no public transport stops and a long 128-minute drive to the city, residents are almost entirely dependent on their own vehicles to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 16.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. For those who do own cars, the most common situation is having a single vehicle, at 29.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Glenridding, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 30%, followed by 2 vehicles (23%) and 3 vehicles (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area commutes by public transport, and only 5.4% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Most workers rely on driving themselves to get to their jobs.
5.4% ▲ +22.3%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is non-existent here, with zero routes and stops. This puts the area far below the New South Wales average of 5.27 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Getting around is difficult without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 44 minutes. This is much higher than in most other areas.
44
Higher than 76% 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.
128
Higher than 85% 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 Glenridding [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11680/glenridding/topic/transport