5.6% ▼ -19.9%
Higher than 50% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Darwin · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in Darwin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 68% of people in Darwin drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. While the city has more public transport options than the Territory average, very few people actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 39.5% have two. Only 5.6% of Darwin households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Northern Territory figure of 11.1%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 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.
Only 2.3% of workers use public transport, a figure that has fallen since 2011. Working from home is also rare here at 4.3%, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
4.3% ▲ +62.7%
Lower than 95% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% ▼ -30.4%
Higher than 52% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 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.
Darwin relies entirely on buses for public transport. It has 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 72% of region (sa4) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.78
Higher than 57% of region (sa4) 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
Lower than 51% of region (sa4) 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 52% of region (sa4) 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 Darwin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/701/darwin/topic/transport