3.6% ▼ -28.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Darling Heights · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Darling Heights
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport stops and routes are found in Darling Heights than in most similar areas. While the suburb has a strong transport network, very few people use it for their daily commute. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 40% of homes have one car and 38% have two. Only 3.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 5.8%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Darling Heights splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary choice for work, with 69.9% of people driving. Only 4.7% of residents work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
4.7% ▲ +98.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▼ -22.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 is well served with 28 stops and 4 routes, which is more than 85% of similar places. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are a little above the Queensland figure.
28
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.
5.43
Higher than 79% 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).
789.4
Higher than 84% 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.
It takes 21 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is also higher than in most similar places.
21
Higher than 60% 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.
94
Higher than 65% 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 Darling Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30809/darling-heights/topic/transport