1.9% ▼ -61.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Darwin River · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Darwin River
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership has remained the dominant way to get around Darwin River, where almost every home has a vehicle. This reliance on private transport is reflected in the complete absence of public transport users for work, making the area almost entirely dependent on roads.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes lack a car, with only 1.9% having none, a figure well below both the Northern Territory and national rates. Most households are well-equipped, as 37.1% own two vehicles and 13.1% own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Darwin River, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes by public transport, which is well below the national figure. While 8.5% of people work from home—well above the Territory average—the vast majority of residents drive themselves to work.
8.5% ▲ +6.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Public transport is non-existent in the area, with zero stops or routes available. This lack of access means no one can reach other people via transit within 45 minutes, and the number of weekly departures is far below the Northern Territory average.
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).
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Darwin River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70074/darwin-river/topic/transport