5.9% ▼ -17.9%
Higher than 70% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
3134, VIC · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 3134, VIC
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in postcode 3134 than in the rest of the country. While 31.5% of the workforce now works from home, the area also has a very high number of public transport stops and services relative to its population.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 39.5% owning two vehicles. About 5.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4% and has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →3134, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has risen sharply since 2011, now reaching 31.5%, which is far above the Australian figure of 21.0%. Only 2.5% of the workforce commutes by public transport, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
31.5% ▲ +645.9%
Higher than 85% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 31.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.5% ▼ -58.5%
Higher than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 2.5%
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.
Access to services is very high, with 212 public transport stops and 22 routes. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 1,798, which is well above the Victorian figure of 1,267.9.
212
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.13
Higher than 76% of postcode areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,798.0
Higher than 87% of postcode 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).
22
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a stop is very quick, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is around 29 minutes, placing it in the middle for its level.
2
Lower than 86% of postcode 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.
29
Lower than 59% of postcode areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- 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 3134, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3134/3134-vic/topic/transport