2.1% ▲ +32.6%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 2.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Darkan · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Darkan
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of workers in Darkan drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most homes own several vehicles, about 22% of people work from home, which is far above the Western Australian figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 40.3% owning two and 17.4% owning four or more. Only 2.1% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Darkan, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 4 or more (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here at 22%, which is far above the state average. Only 1.6% of people use public transport to get to work, a result that is well below the Western Australian figure.
22.0% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.1%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▲ —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 city takes a long time, with a typical drive of 130 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
130
Higher than 86% 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).
More for Darkan
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Darkan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50388/darkan/topic/transport