7.5% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
3400, VIC · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 3400, VIC
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are the primary way people get around in postcode 3400, where very few residents work from home or use public transport. While the area has a high number of transit stops, the typical daily experience relies heavily on driving.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 7.5% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most areas, even though the figure fell 2.0 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →3400, VIC splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to travel, with 68.4% of people being the driver. Only 7.9% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%, and just 0.2% use public transport to get to work.
7.9% ▲ +183.6%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -73.4%
Lower than 64% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 118 public transport stops and 16 routes, which is far above the Victorian average for stops per person. However, weekly departures are far below the state figure, and almost all services are buses.
118
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.80
Higher than 86% 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).
488.2
Higher than 62% 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.
Residents generally have a shorter walk to their nearest public transport stop than people in most other similar areas, with a typical walk of 4 minutes.
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 3400, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3400/3400-vic/topic/transport