Glenora · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Glenora

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

Daily life in Glenora relies almost entirely on private cars, as there are no public transport options available. While 20.4% of the workforce now operates from home, most residents face a 42-minute drive to reach the city.

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📍 Glenora, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 8.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the Tasmanian figure of 6.1%. For those with cars, 32.4% of households own three vehicles.

8.8%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 8.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Glenora, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (20%) and 2 vehicles (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here commutes by public transport, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.1%. This is reflected in the workforce, where 61.2% drive to work and 20.4% work from home.

20.4%

Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 14.3%
  • 2021: 20.4%

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

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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 Glenora, Car (driver) is the majority at 75%; Worked at home is next at 25%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 0.0, far below the state figure of 767.0.

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.

Getting to the city takes 42 minutes by car, which is a shorter drive time than in most similar areas.

42

Lower than 66% 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 Glenora [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60234/glenora/topic/transport