45.8% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.1%
- 2016: 46.1%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Darlinghurst · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Darlinghurst
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of the workforce in Darlinghurst works from home, reflecting a lifestyle where many residents avoid the daily commute. This is a highly accessible area where few people need a car, and a short 2-minute walk usually leads to the nearest transport stop.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very low here, with 45.8% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is far above the figures for New South Wales (9.2%) and Australia (7.4%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Darlinghurst splits fairly evenly between No vehicle (46%) and 1 vehicle (44%), with 2 vehicles at 8%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the dominant choice for 55.1% of residents, which is far above the national figure of 21%. Public transport use for commuting is also well above the Australian average at 6.3%.
55.1% ▲ +1018.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 55.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.3% ▼ -72.6%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 6.3%
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.
The area has a huge amount of connectivity, with 552,530 people reachable within 45 minutes by transit. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the New South Wales figure, though the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
29
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.73
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
3,000.3
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality 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).
11
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
136,164
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality 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).
552,530
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality 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).
23
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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.
Getting into the city is very fast, with a typical drive time of just 5 minutes. Most residents can reach their nearest transport stop in only 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
2
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality 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.
5
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 Darlinghurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11213/darlinghurst/topic/transport