Glen Aplin · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Glen Aplin

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

Almost every household in Glen Aplin owns a car, reflecting a local transport pattern that is far more car-dependent than the state or national average. This reliance on private vehicles is a defining feature of the area, as public transport options are virtually non-existent.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Not a single home in Glen Aplin is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia. Most households are well-equipped, with 42.9% owning two vehicles and over 23% owning three or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.2%
  • 2016: 2.1%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Glen Aplin, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (13%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Cars are the primary way people get to work here, with 58.1% driving and another 6% travelling as passengers. No one uses public transport to commute, and 13.8% of workers stay at home, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.

13.8% ▲ +8.0%

Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 12.8%
  • 2016: 11.2%
  • 2021: 13.8%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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 Glen Aplin, Car (driver) is the majority at 72%; Worked at home is next at 17%.

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 lack of access is far below the Queensland average and means there are zero weekly departures 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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Glen Aplin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31141/glen-aplin/topic/transport