5.8% ▼ -22.9%
Higher than 70% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
3280, VIC · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 3280, VIC
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 0.5% of workers in postcode 3280 use public transport to get to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. While the area has a high number of transit stops, very few people actually use them for their daily commute. Most residents depend on private vehicles to get around the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 39% of homes in the area have two vehicles, and another 38% have just one. Only 5.8% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is a little below the Victorian average and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →3280, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work is dominated by driving, with 66.7% of people being the driver. Only 9.2% work from home, which is far below the national figure, though this has risen 6.6 percentage points since 2011.
9.2% ▲ +250.0%
Lower than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 9.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -40.8%
Lower than 56% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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.
The area has 178 public transport stops and 16 routes, which is more than 83% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian average, and almost all services are buses.
178
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.35
Higher than 69% 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).
670.3
Higher than 66% 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).
16
Higher than 82% 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 transit stop is relatively easy here, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes only 4 minutes, which is lower than in most other areas.
4
Lower than 67% 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.
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 3280, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3280/3280-vic/topic/transport