1.4% ▼ -14.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Glass House Mountains · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Glass House Mountains
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Glass House Mountains relies on a car to get around, with only 1.4% of homes having no motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on private transport is common for the area, while public transport and working from home are far less typical choices for residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have more than one car, with 41% owning two and another 31.5% owning three or more. The number of car-less homes is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Glass House Mountains, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 62.9% of people being the driver. Only 13.1% work from home, which is well below the 21% seen across Australia.
13.1% ▲ +86.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -57.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 is dominated by trains, which make up 81.3% of the mode. While the area has 25 routes and 3 stops, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.54
Higher than 59% 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).
52.5
Higher than 63% 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).
25
Higher than 87% 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.
It takes about 51 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than most similar areas. A walk to the nearest transport stop typically takes around 16 minutes.
16
Higher than 54% 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.
51
Lower than 61% 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 Glass House Mountains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31137/glass-house-mountains/topic/transport