4.3% ▲ +39.1%
Higher than 56% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
3482, VIC · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 3482, VIC
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in postcode 3482 than in the rest of the country. With 35% of workers staying home, this area relies heavily on private travel and remote work to stay connected. Very few residents use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with only 4.3% of homes lacking a motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia. Most households own multiple cars, and 34.8% have exactly two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 3482, VIC, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Not a single person uses public transport to get to work, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. Instead, 43.3% drive and 35% work from home, which is far above the national figure of 21%.
35.0% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 30.6%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 35.0%
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.
While the area has 9.66 stops per 1,000 people—far above the Victorian average—these are limited to a single bus route. This explains why weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average.
2
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.66
Higher than 88% 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).
58.0
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).
1
Lower than 71% 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 a typical resident about 13 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop.
13
Higher than 55% 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).
More for 3482, VIC
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 3482, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3482/3482-vic/topic/transport