Glengarry West · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Glengarry West

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

Over 42% of homes in Glengarry West have two motor vehicles, highlighting a strong reliance on cars. This is a remote area where the lack of public transport and long travel times make private vehicles essential for daily life.

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📍 Glengarry West, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single household in the area has at least one motor vehicle. This is well below the Victorian and national figures, where around 7% of homes typically have no vehicle.

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.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Glengarry West, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 4 or more (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Getting to work is almost entirely dependent on cars, with 55.1% of people driving. Only 7.7% of residents work from home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.

7.7%

Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 21.3%
  • 2021: 7.7%

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.

How people get to work

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In Glengarry West, Car (driver) is the majority at 80%; Worked at home is next at 11%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is non-existent here, with no stops or routes available. This is far below the Victorian average, where there are usually over 4 stops per 1,000 people.

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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).

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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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Driving to the city takes 119 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.

119

Higher than 80% 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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21027/glengarry-west/topic/transport