10.6% ▼ -26.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 10.6%
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.
More people in Glenroy live without a car than in most similar areas. While 10.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, the suburb has some of the highest rates of public transport use and a very high number of transit stops.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.6% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. The most common setup is a single car, found in 45.4% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Glenroy, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is among the highest for its area type, sitting at 7.5% compared to 3.1% nationally. Working from home is also common, with 24.4% of people doing so, which is well above the Australian figure.
24.4% ▲ +1270.1%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.5% ▼ -44.4%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.5%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 7.5%
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 a high number of stops and 10 different routes, which is among the largest at this level. However, the weekly number of departures per 1,000 people is well below the Victorian figure.
91
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.82
Higher than 73% 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).
824.3
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).
10
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
14,783
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
97,267
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
61
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city by car takes about 16 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also enjoy very quick access to transit, with a typical one-minute walk to the nearest stop.
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.
16
Lower than 87% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Glenroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21047/glenroy/topic/transport