0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Darnum · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Darnum
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero homes without a car defines the transport landscape in Darnum, where vehicle ownership is far more common than across Victoria or Australia. Most households here rely heavily on multiple cars to get around, though a small number of people use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Darnum has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.6% of Victorian homes without one. In fact, 88.4% of households own three or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Darnum, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 4 or more (25%) and 3 vehicles (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 62.5% of residents. While 16.2% work from home, this is well below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
16.2% ▲ +25.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▲ +83.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.6%
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.
Darnum has more public transport routes and stops than about 74% of similar areas, though all services are buses. Despite this, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.95
Higher than 73% 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).
97.5
Higher than 68% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
It takes a typical resident 26 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop, which is higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is 74 minutes.
26
Higher than 63% 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.
74
Higher than 53% 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 Darnum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20715/darnum/topic/transport