2.1% ▼ -37.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 2.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Glenalta · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Glenalta
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few homes in Glenalta go without a car, with only 2.1% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most residents rely on cars to get around, though the area is exceptionally well served by local bus stops.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 44% of homes owning two vehicles and 14.1% owning three. Only 2.1% of households have no car, which is much lower than the 7.2% seen across South Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Glenalta, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
More than half of workers (58.6%) drive themselves to work, while 15.9% work from home. This working-from-home rate is well above the South Australian figure of 9.6%, though it sits well below the Australian average of 21%.
15.9% ▲ +313.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.0% ▼ -44.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 4.0%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Glenalta has 25 public transport stops and 10 different routes, which is among the highest for its level and far above the state average. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the South Australian figure.
25
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
12.26
Higher than 88% 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).
795.0
Higher than 84% 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).
10
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
12,963
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
12,963
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
65
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city by car is quick, taking only 14 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also have very easy access to transit, with the walk to the nearest stop taking just one minute.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
14
Lower than 90% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Glenalta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40501/glenalta/topic/transport