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.
Mount Glasgow · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Glasgow
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 46% of Mount Glasgow homes have two motor vehicles, making the car the central part of local life. It is a place where everyone owns a car and almost no one uses public transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Mount Glasgow has at least one motor vehicle. This is well below the Victorian and Australian figures, where around 7% of households typically have no vehicle at all.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mount Glasgow, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 3 vehicles (32%) and 1 vehicle (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 84.4% of workers being the driver. However, 25% of people work from home, which is well above the national figure of 21%.
25.0% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
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 no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means access is far below the Victorian average for both the number of stops and weekly departures.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
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).
0.0
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 around is challenging without a car, as it takes 76 minutes to walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 105 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas.
76
Higher than 94% 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.
105
Higher than 72% 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 Mount Glasgow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21797/mount-glasgow/topic/transport