Darlington Point · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Darlington Point

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost everyone in Darlington Point relies on a car to get around, with very few residents using other options. Only 4.1% of homes lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. This heavy dependence on cars is reflected in the way people travel for work.

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📍 Darlington Point, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households own at least one car, and 36.2% have two. The share of homes without a vehicle has fallen to 4.1%, a figure well below both the New South Wales and Australian averages.

4.1% ▼ -50.6%

Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 8.3%
  • 2016: 18.4%
  • 2021: 4.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Darlington Point splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Cars are the primary way to get to work, with 75.2% of people driving. Very few people work from home (3.3%), which is far below the state and national figures, and no one uses public transport to commute.

3.3% ▲ +50.4%

Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.2%
  • 2016: 6.7%
  • 2021: 3.3%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 2.9%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Darlington Point, Car (driver) is the majority at 86%; Car (passenger) is next at 5%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Darlington Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121030/darlington-point/topic/transport