5.6% ▼ -47.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gloucester · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gloucester
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Gloucester than in the rest of the country, with only 9.4% doing so. This gap highlights a local reliance on traditional commuting, though a small number of residents still manage without a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 35.4% own two. Only 5.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gloucester, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the main way people get to work, with 64.8% driving themselves. Very few people use public transport to commute (0.4%), and the number of people working from home is far below the state and national figures.
9.4% ▲ +71.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
Gloucester has 15 public transport routes and 7 stops, which is more than about 79% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.23
Higher than 66% 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).
31.0
Higher than 61% 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).
15
Higher than 86% 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 to a transit point is easy for locals, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes just one minute, which is much lower than in most 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 Gloucester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11689/gloucester/topic/transport