Glengarry · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Glengarry

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A massive 148-minute drive to the city means Glengarry is an area where daily life depends almost entirely on cars. Most households own multiple vehicles, and very few residents rely on public transport to get around.

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📍 Glengarry, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are essential here, with 86.1% of homes owning two or more vehicles. Only 2.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.

2.9% ▲ —

Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 2.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Glengarry, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 4 or more (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here commutes by public transport, while 14.1% of workers stay home for their jobs. This is well above the Tasmania figure, though well below the national average.

14.1% ▲ +111.9%

Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.6%
  • 2016: 9.3%
  • 2021: 14.1%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.3%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Glengarry, Car (driver) is the majority at 77%; Worked at home is next at 17%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is non-existent in the area, with zero stops and routes. This lack of access is far below the state average.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Traveling to the city is a significant journey, with drive times among the highest for areas at this level.

148

Higher than 89% 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)).
  • 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 Glengarry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60232/glengarry/topic/transport