Glengallan · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Glengallan

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

Every single home in Glengallan has at least one motor vehicle, making it far more car-dependent than the Queensland and national averages. This reliance on private cars is expected for a rural area where residents face a long 106-minute drive to the city.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are essential here, as 0% of homes lack a vehicle, which is well below the 5.8% figure for Queensland. Most households own multiple cars, with 80% having two or more.

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.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Glengallan, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (29%) and 1 vehicle (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common for 21.9% of residents, a figure well above the Queensland average of 14.1%. Other than driving or working at home, 9.4% of people walk to work.

21.9%

Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 33.3%
  • 2021: 21.9%

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.

How people get to work

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In Glengallan, Car (driver) is the majority at 57%; Worked at home is next at 30%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is non-existent in Glengallan, with zero stops or routes available. This is far below the state average of 2.99 stops per 1,000 people.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is dominated by private travel, given the area is far from the city with a typical drive time of 106 minutes.

106

Higher than 73% 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 Glengallan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31161/glengallan/topic/transport