1.6% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Forest Glen · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Forest Glen
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few households in Forest Glen go without a car compared to the rest of the country. Only 1.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This reliance on cars is reflected in the daily commute, where the vast majority of residents drive to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Forest Glen have at least one car, with 39.2% owning two and 10% owning three. This high level of ownership means only 1.6% of households lack a vehicle, a figure well below the Queensland average of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Forest Glen splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 62.6% of people as the main driver. Around 15.9% work from home, which is a little above the Queensland figure, while only 0.4% use public transport.
15.9% ▲ +67.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▲ —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
Public transport access is much higher than most similar areas, with 5.43 stops per 1,000 people. There are 9 stops across 2 bus routes, and weekly departures are a little above the state average.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.43
Higher than 79% 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).
866.0
Higher than 85% 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 a nearby stop is very easy, with a typical walk of just 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is around 63 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
63
Lower than 54% 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 Forest Glen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31062/forest-glen/topic/transport