1.7% ▼ -31.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Durack · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Durack
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Durack than in the rest of the country, with only 1.7% of households without a vehicle. Most residents rely heavily on private cars to get around. This creates a stark contrast to the national trend, especially regarding work habits and transport use.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Over half of households have two cars, and 12.6% own three. This high rate of ownership means Durack has a much lower percentage of carless homes than the Northern Territory and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Durack, 2 vehicles is the majority at 52%; 1 vehicle is next at 27%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, while only 4% work from home, which is far below the national figure. Just 1.5% of the workforce uses public transport to get to their jobs.
4.0% ▲ +107.2%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -40.3%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 by 15 bus stops and 4 routes, which is more than about 85% of similar areas. This results in a higher number of weekly departures per 1,000 people than the Territory average.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.02
Higher than 74% 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).
526.0
Higher than 79% 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).
4,501
Higher than 50% 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).
10,390
Lower 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).
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.
Getting to a nearby stop is very easy for locals, with a typical walking time of only 2 minutes, which is much lower than most other areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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 Durack [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70084/durack/topic/transport