12.5% ▼ -29.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Glendalough · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Glendalough
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A gap of 8.1 percentage points separates Glendalough from the Western Australian average in public transport use for work. This small area relies heavily on transit and walking, with 12.5% of homes having no motor vehicle—a figure well above both the state and national averages.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 12.5% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. Most households own one car, while 27.5% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Glendalough, 1 vehicle is the majority at 55%; 2 vehicles is next at 27%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is used by 12.8% of workers, well above the national figure of 3.1%. Conversely, only 3.7% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian average of 21%.
3.7% ▲ +205.2%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
12.8% ▼ -34.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 12.8%
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 8 stops and 4 routes, providing better access than about 80% of similar places. While there are fewer stops per 1,000 people than the state average, the number of weekly departures is much higher than most areas.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.04
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).
1,376.3
Higher than 88% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
31,193
Higher than 83% 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).
195,544
Higher than 87% 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).
33
Lower than 90% 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 is fast, with a drive time of just 7 minutes. Residents can also reach their nearest transport stop in only 2 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.
7
Lower than 99% 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 Glendalough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50556/glendalough/topic/transport