Dareton · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Dareton

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

Far more homes in Dareton (L) live without a car than the national average. This is a stark contrast to the rest of the country, with over one in five households lacking a motor vehicle.

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📍 Dareton, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 20.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the New South Wales rate of 9.2%. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and has risen from 13.6% since 2011.

20.4% ▲ +50.6%

Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 13.6%
  • 2016: 25.9%
  • 2021: 20.4%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Dareton splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (35%) and 2 vehicles (30%), with No vehicle at 19%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here commutes by public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. Most people drive to work or walk, while the 9.3% who work from home is far below the New South Wales rate of 31.0%.

9.3% ▲ +53.1%

Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 6.1%
  • 2016: 8.5%
  • 2021: 9.3%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.0%
  • 2016: 6.8%
  • 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 Dareton, Car (driver) is the majority at 67%; Walked is next at 21%.

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 Dareton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122048/dareton/topic/transport