1.6% ▼ -38.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Glossop · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Glossop
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 70% of workers in Glossop drive themselves to work, highlighting a strong reliance on cars. While public transport options exist, the area is heavily vehicle-dependent, with very few households lacking a motor vehicle compared to the national average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here lack a car, at just 1.6%, which is well below the 7.4% national figure. Most households are well equipped, with 60.6% owning either two or three vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Glossop, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here at 9%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%. Most people commute by car, though the 3.6% who use public transport is much higher than in most similar areas.
9.0% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.6% ▲ +401.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 3.6%
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.
The area has two bus routes and three stops, which is more than about 74% of similar places. However, the 28.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the South Australian figure of 1,317.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.26
Higher than 70% 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).
28.3
Higher than 60% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
Getting to the nearest transit stop takes longer than in most areas, with a typical walk of 27 minutes.
27
Higher than 64% 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.
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 Glossop [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40514/glossop/topic/transport