0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Glen Forbes · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Glen Forbes
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single household in Glen Forbes has at least one motor vehicle, making a car essential for daily life here. While the area has a high number of transport stops for its size, the reliance on private cars is reinforced by the fact that over a third of the workforce works from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, with 81.4% of homes owning two or more vehicles. This is reflected in the fact that 0% of homes are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Glen Forbes, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (30%) and 4 or more (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here; 35.4% of people do so, which is far above the national figure. For those who do travel, 38.5% drive, while no one uses public transport to get to work.
35.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 28.4%
- 2021: 35.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
There are 4 public transport stops and 2 routes, meaning there are 33.9 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, the 830.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the Victorian figure.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
33.90
Higher 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).
830.5
Higher than 84% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 the city takes typically 73 minutes by car. Access to transit is limited by distance, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 26 minutes, which is longer than in most similar areas.
26
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.
73
Higher 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)).
- 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 Glen Forbes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21008/glen-forbes/topic/transport