11.4% ▼ -31.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Darwin City · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Darwin City
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than one in ten homes in Darwin City do not own a car, which is well above the national figure. This makes it an area where walking, public transport, and centrally located jobs play a much bigger role in daily life than in most other Australian places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.4% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas. Most homes have either one or two cars, with 55.2% owning just one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Darwin City, 1 vehicle is the majority at 55%; 2 vehicles is next at 27%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is a major way people get to work, with 21.4% of workers doing so. Very few people work from home at 4.3%, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
4.3% ▲ +128.8%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.2% ▼ -26.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 3.2%
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 a high number of bus routes and a huge number of weekly departures per 1,000 people compared to the rest of the Territory. While there are 14 stops in the area, the transit time to the city is among the lowest at just 9 minutes.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.96
Higher than 65% 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).
1,231.6
Higher than 87% 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).
20
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
7,149
Higher than 54% 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).
34,214
Higher than 58% 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).
9
Lower than 99% 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.
Getting to the nearest public transport stop is quicker here than in most areas, with a typical walk of only 4 minutes.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
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 Darwin City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70073/darwin-city/topic/transport