5.6% —
Lower than 56% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Greater Darwin · Capital City
Transport & Vehicles in Greater Darwin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Most people in Greater Darwin rely on their own cars to get around, with only 2.3% using public transport to get to work. While the region has a decent number of bus stops and services compared to the rest of the territory, the vast majority of the population prefers private vehicles for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high here, with 39.5% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 5.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Northern Territory figure of 11.1%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Greater Darwin, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work is dominated by cars, as only 4.3% of people work from home—a figure far below the national average of 21%. Public transport use for commuting is low and has fallen from 5.9% in 2016 to 2.3% in 2021.
4.3% —
Lower than 88% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% —
Lower than 68% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 2.3%
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.
Public transport in Greater Darwin is provided entirely by buses. There are 4.78 stops per 1,000 people and 801.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people, both of which are well above the Northern Territory figures.
669
Lower than 87% of capital city areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.78
Higher than 56% of capital city areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
801.1
Higher than 52% of capital city 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).
75
Lower than 84% of capital city areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Greater Darwin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/7GDAR/greater-darwin/topic/transport