2.0% ▼ -53.3%
Lower than 72% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
3409, VIC · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 3409, VIC
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in postcode 3409 relies on a car, with only 2% of homes having no motor vehicle. This high level of car ownership is a necessity in an area where public transport is very limited and working from home is common.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, with 73.6% of homes owning two or more vehicles. Only 2% of households have no car, a figure that is well below the Victorian average of 7.6% and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 3409, VIC, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 32%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While 46.6% of workers drive, 27% work from home, which is well above the national figure of 21%. In contrast, no one here commutes by public transport, a trend that has barely changed since 2011.
27.0% ▲ +24.4%
Higher than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 18.8%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 minimal, with only one route and three stops serving the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian average, and all available services are buses.
3
Lower than 64% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.04
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).
30.4
Lower 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).
1
Lower than 71% 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 3409, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3409/3409-vic/topic/transport