1.3% —
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Darling Range (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Darling Range (East Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 1.3% of homes in Darling Range have no motor vehicle, one of the lowest rates for any similar area. This makes the area heavily reliant on cars for daily travel. While there are many transport stops, the actual number of regular services is quite low.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 41.6% having two and 16% owning four or more. This high level of ownership is reflected in the fact that very few homes go without a vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Darling Range (East Metropolitan), the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 65.5% of people as the driver. Only 7.7% of residents work from home, a figure that is far below the national average.
7.7% —
Lower than 77% of state electorate areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% —
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
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 261 public transport stops, but the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure. Buses provide nearly all the available services, making up 96.9% of the network.
261
Higher than 50% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.47
Higher than 68% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
697.1
Lower than 62% of state electorate 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).
13
Lower than 81% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Darling Range (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED51902/darling-range/topic/transport