1.9% ▼ -66.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Darlington · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Darlington
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A tiny fraction of households in Darlington have no motor vehicle, with just 1.9% lacking a car. This makes the area much more car-dependent than the rest of the state. Most homes here own two or more vehicles to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home has a car, and nearly half own two vehicles. Only 1.9% of households are without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the 9.2% seen across New South Wales.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Darlington, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work, with 70.9% of people driving. Very few people work from home at 9.5%, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
9.5% ▲ +401.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
While there are 4 public transport stops—a number higher than about 76% of similar areas—none of the local workforce uses these services to commute. All available transit is provided by buses.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.58
Higher than 88% 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).
158.7
Higher than 72% 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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The nearest stop is just a 3-minute walk away, which is much lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 126 minutes, much higher than in most other places.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
126
Higher than 84% 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)).
- 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 Darlington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11214/darlington/topic/transport