18.8% —
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Double Bay - Darling Point · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Double Bay - Darling Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher share of people work from home in Double Bay - Darling Point than in the rest of Australia, with 59% of the workforce doing so. This trend is mirrored in the local garage, where 18.8% of homes have no motor vehicle—a figure far above the national average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have one car, but nearly one in five homes here has no vehicle at all. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2% and far above the Australian average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Double Bay - Darling Point, 1 vehicle is the majority at 53%; 2 vehicles is next at 24%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 59%, which is far above the national figure of 21%. Around 3.7% of residents use public transport to get to work, which is higher than most areas.
59.0% —
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.7% —
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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 is highly accessible, with a very short 25-minute trip to the city and 1,501 weekly departures per 1,000 people. This is a little above the New South Wales figure, though the number of stops per 1,000 people is well below the state average.
38
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.82
Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,501.0
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
8
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
91,873
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
391,586
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
25
Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The area is very close to the city, with a typical drive time of just 6 minutes. For those on foot, the walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 4 minutes.
4
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
6
Lower than 98% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Double Bay - Darling Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/118011650/double-bay-darling-point/topic/transport