5.6% ▼ -26.2%
Higher than 67% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
3260, VIC · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 3260, VIC
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 115-minute drive to the city defines the remote nature of postcode 3260, where cars are essential for daily life. Very few people use public transport to get to work, and the area has far fewer transit stops and services than the state average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 36.3% owning two and 11.2% having four or more. Only 5.6% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen 2.0 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →3260, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (32%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 61.1% of people. While working from home rose to 15.3% since 2011, this remains far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
15.3% ▲ +32.6%
Lower than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▲ +49.0%
Lower than 58% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
Public transport is very limited, with only 1.25 stops per 1,000 people and 32.9 weekly departures. This is far below the state average, where there are 1,267.9 departures per 1,000 people.
6
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.25
Lower than 72% 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).
32.9
Lower than 65% 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).
3
Lower than 52% 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 around the region is dominated by private travel, as the drive time to the city is 115 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
115
Higher than 86% 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 3260, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3260/3260-vic/topic/transport