0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Car ownership has remained essential in Darlington, where every single home owns at least one motor vehicle. This reliance on private transport is clear, with over half of the working population driving to their jobs and few using other options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in Darlington is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and Australian figures. Most households have one, two, or three cars, with 8.6% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Darlington splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (30%), with 2 vehicles at 28%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 57.5% of residents. While 20% of people work from home, which is higher than most similar areas, no one in the community uses public transport for their commute.
20.0% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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 23.81 public transport stops per 1,000 people, far above the Victorian figure. However, these two bus stops see very few services, with weekly departures far below the state average.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
23.81
Higher than 94% 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).
71.4
Higher than 65% 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.
Getting around is slow, with a typical 124-minute drive to the city. Walking to the nearest stop takes about 31 minutes, which is longer than in most other areas.
31
Higher than 67% 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.
124
Higher than 83% 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/SAL20714/darlington/topic/transport