0.3% ▼ -79.1%
Lower than 94% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 0.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
3249, VIC · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 3249, VIC
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in postcode 3249 owns a car, with a small number of households owning four or more vehicles. This reliance on private transport is likely due to the area's isolation, as it takes over two hours to drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 0.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 38.8% owning two cars and 18.3% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 3249, VIC, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 19.6% of the workforce, though this is well below the Victorian figure of 25.7%. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.3%.
19.6% ▲ +15.8%
Higher than 62% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -60.9%
Lower than 63% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
Public transport is limited to bus services, with weekly departures per 1,000 people far below the Victorian average. There are only two routes and 12 stops serving the area.
12
Higher than 50% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.56
Lower than 51% 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).
29.1
Lower than 67% 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).
2
Lower than 57% 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.
Travel times are among the highest for similar areas, with a typical drive taking 134 minutes to reach the city.
134
Higher than 91% 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 3249, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3249/3249-vic/topic/transport