15.5% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Central Darling · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Central Darling
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero people used public transport to get to work in Central Darling at the last census. This total reliance on private travel is common for the region, though 15.5% of homes do not own a motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 15.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, a rate much higher than most areas and well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. For those who do own cars, the most common arrangement is one vehicle per home, at 39.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Central Darling, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 40%, followed by 2 vehicles (25%) and No vehicle (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose to 23.7% since 2011, which is a little above the Australian average. Most people travel by car, with 42.4% driving to work and 16.7% walking, while no one used public transport to commute.
23.7% ▲ +38.8%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are 6.38 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is a little above the New South Wales figure. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average, with buses making up 91.9% of the available services.
11
Lower than 60% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.38
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
42.9
Lower than 54% of council (lga) 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).
6
Lower than 52% of council (lga) 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Central Darling [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11700/central-darling/topic/transport