3.5% ▼ -53.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Darlington Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Darlington Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 100% of public transport in Darlington Point is provided by buses. While the area has a high number of stops relative to its size, the reliance on private cars is very high for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 38.5% of households own two. Only 3.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Darlington Point splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 73.5% of people as the driver. Very few people work from home at 6.1%, which is far below the 21% seen across Australia.
6.1% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 6.1%
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.
The area has 17 public transport stops, which is larger than about 86% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
17
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.
16.50
Higher than 91% 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).
235.9
Higher than 73% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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.
Getting to the nearest stop takes much longer than in most areas, with a typical walk of 68 minutes.
68
Higher than 90% 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.
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 Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11216/darlington-point/topic/transport