8.0% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 8.0%
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.
Public transport options have remained a key feature of Darlington, where 19 different routes serve the area. While most residents still rely on cars, the suburb has a high number of transit departures compared to the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. For those who do own cars, the most common setups are one or two vehicles per household, each accounting for roughly 34% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Darlington splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (34%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Roughly 5% of workers use public transport to commute, which is among the highest for areas of this size. Far fewer people work from home here compared to the national figure, with only 9.8% doing so.
9.8% ▲ +264.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.0% ▼ -15.8%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 5 stops and 19 routes, with weekly departures per 1,000 people being well above the South Australian figure. However, the 68-minute trip to the city is higher than most other areas.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.92
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).
2,065.1
Higher than 92% 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).
19
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
50,640
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
68
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A typical drive to the city takes about 65 minutes, which is around the middle for its level. It also takes about 9 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop.
9
Lower than 56% 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.
65
Lower 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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/SAL40350/darlington/topic/transport