6.9% ▼ -16.9%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Darwin · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Darwin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Public transport access is far better in Darwin than in most similar areas, with a very high number of services and stops per person. While most residents rely on cars, the city's layout means the typical person can walk to a stop in just 3 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.9% of homes in Darwin have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the national figure. Most households have one or two cars, while 11.9% of homes have three vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Darwin splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, with only 4.3% of people doing so. Most residents drive to work, while 2.9% use public transport, a figure that has fallen slightly since 2011.
4.3% ▲ +76.1%
Lower than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.9% ▼ -23.9%
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 2.9%
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.
Darwin provides a high level of service, with 991.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people, far above the Northern Territory figure of 505.8. The network consists of 47 bus routes and 428 stops.
428
Higher than 81% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.31
Higher than 76% 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).
991.5
Higher than 79% 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).
47
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting across the city is relatively quick, with a typical drive time to the centre of just 13 minutes. This is much lower than in most similar areas.
3
Lower than 79% of council (lga) 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.
13
Lower than 86% of council (lga) 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).
More for Darwin
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Darwin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA71000/darwin/topic/transport