1.2% ▼ -49.1%
Lower than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
3434, VIC · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 3434, VIC
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has surged in postcode 3434, with the number of people doing so rising by 15 percentage points since 2011. This area is heavily dependent on cars, as only 1.2% of homes have no motor vehicle. Most residents rely on their own transport to get around this large region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 63.9% of homes owning two or three vehicles. Very few households get by without a car, at just 1.2%, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 3434, VIC, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
A typical worker in the area drives a car or works from home, with 20.9% of people working remotely. Only 0.4% of residents use public transport to get to work, a figure that has fallen since 2011.
20.9% ▲ +284.3%
Higher than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -73.8%
Lower than 60% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 options are limited to buses, with only 1.30 stops per 1,000 people. This is far below the state figure of 4.41, and weekly departures per person are also far below the Victorian average.
8
Lower than 54% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.30
Lower than 71% 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).
90.7
Lower than 55% 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).
4
Higher 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.
It takes about 51 minutes to drive to the city from here. For those using public transport, the typical walk to the nearest stop is 11 minutes.
11
Higher than 52% 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.
51
Higher than 58% 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).
More for 3434, VIC
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 3434, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3434/3434-vic/topic/transport