8.4% ▼ -15.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Glebe · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Glebe
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A tiny commute of just two minutes to the city defines the transport landscape in Glebe. This extremely central location means 35.4% of workers simply walk to their jobs, far more than in most other areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Around 8.4% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 7.4%. Most households rely on one or two cars, with 45.3% owning a single vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Glebe, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is the most popular way to get to work, while 9.2% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%. Public transport use for commuting is 1.7%, a rate much higher than most similar areas.
9.2% ▲ +147.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▼ -41.5%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 among the lowest transit times to the city at 22 minutes, though it has far fewer transport stops and departures per 1,000 people than the state average.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
9,025
Higher than 57% 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).
27,765
Higher than 54% 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).
22
Lower than 99% 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 around is efficient for those without cars, with a short 6-minute walk to the nearest stop and a very quick 2-minute drive to the city.
6
Lower 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.
2
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 Glebe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60228/glebe/topic/transport