0.5% ▼ -56.6%
Lower than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
3401, VIC · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 3401, VIC
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Few things have changed in how people get around postcode 3401 since 2011, with car reliance remaining almost total. Almost every single home owns a motor vehicle, and the tiny number of people using public transport has stayed nearly the same for a decade.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as only 0.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households own multiple cars, with 86.7% of homes having two or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 3401, VIC, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 3 vehicles (27%) and 4 or more (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 63% of residents, while 17.1% work from home. Very few people use public transport for their commute at 0.2%, which is a little below the national figure of 3.1%.
17.1% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 54% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -57.2%
Lower than 67% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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.
Public transport is provided entirely by buses, though the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure. There are 14 stops and 8 routes serving the area.
14
Higher than 52% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.05
Lower than 57% 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).
56.6
Lower than 58% 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).
8
Higher than 66% of postcode areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 3401, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3401/3401-vic/topic/transport