2.3% ▼ -33.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Glenroy · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Glenroy
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 74% of workers in Glenroy drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on private cars. While the area has a high number of public transport stops, very few people actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 41.4% owning two vehicles. Only 2.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Glenroy splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (41%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work (0.5%), and only 8.1% work from home. This is far below the national figure of 21%.
8.1% ▲ +236.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 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.
Glenroy has 30 public transport stops and 3 routes, which is among the largest for its level. While this is far above the state average for stops per person, the number of weekly departures is well below the New South Wales figure.
30
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.
8.50
Higher than 86% 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).
895.1
Higher than 86% 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.
Despite the number of stops available, the typical walk to the nearest one takes 25 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
25
Higher than 63% 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).
More for Glenroy
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Glenroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11682/glenroy/topic/transport