8.6% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Glenelg South · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Glenelg South
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A short two-minute walk to the nearest stop makes getting around Glenelg South very convenient. While most people still drive to work, the area has a higher proportion of car-free homes than most other places, and 4.6% of workers use public transport, which is among the highest for its area type.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.6% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 7.4%. Nearly half of all households rely on a single car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Glenelg South, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 14.8% of residents, which is well above the South Australian figure but well below the national average. Over half of the workforce commute by driving themselves.
14.8% ▲ +249.1%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.6% ▼ -44.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 4.6%
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 access is strong with eight different routes and nine stops, which is more than about 81% of similar areas. This allows over 109,000 people to be reached within 45 minutes via transit.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.12
Higher than 74% 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).
1,011.0
Higher than 86% 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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
20,522
Higher than 74% 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).
109,477
Higher than 81% 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).
58
Higher than 51% 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.
Daily travel is efficient here, with a drive time to the city of just 13 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
13
Lower than 91% 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 Glenelg South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40508/glenelg-south/topic/transport