Glengarry · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Glengarry

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Nearly 40% of homes in Glengarry have two motor vehicles, making cars essential for daily life. This is a place where every single household owns at least one vehicle, which is well below the national figure.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Not one home in Glengarry is without a motor vehicle. Most households are well-equipped, with 39.5% owning two cars and another 17.6% owning four or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.7%
  • 2016: 1.7%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Glengarry, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 1 vehicle (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, with 63.6% acting as the driver. Only 13.2% work from home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.

13.2% ▲ +67.0%

Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.9%
  • 2016: 5.6%
  • 2021: 13.2%

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: 0.4%
  • 2016: 0.5%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Glengarry, Car (driver) is the majority at 77%; Worked at home is next at 16%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is limited to a single bus route. While Glengarry has more stops than many similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.

0.90

Higher than 61% 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).

30.5

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is challenging without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 51 minutes. This is much higher than most areas, and the drive to the city takes 113 minutes.

51

Higher than 80% 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.

113

Higher than 77% 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 Glengarry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21025/glengarry/topic/transport