5.9% ▼ -26.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Glenvale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Glenvale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A reliance on cars has remained the dominant story for Glenvale since 2011. While the area has more public transport stops than most similar places, very few people actually use these services for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Glenvale have at least one car, with 40.2% owning two. About 5.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Glenvale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way people get to work, with 74.8% as the driver. Only 5.5% work from home, a figure that is far below the national average of 21%.
5.5% ▲ +84.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
The area has 14 public transport stops and one bus route, which is more than many similar places. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Queensland figure.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.72
Higher than 64% 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).
103.0
Higher than 69% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 typical residents 94 minutes to drive to the city, which is higher than most areas. A walk to the nearest transport stop takes around 13 minutes.
13
Higher than 50% 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.
94
Higher than 65% 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 Glenvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31174/glenvale/topic/transport