3487, VIC · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 3487, VIC

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Three or more motor vehicles are found in 60% of homes in postcode 3487, showing a heavy reliance on cars. This area has no homes without a vehicle and almost no one uses public transport to get to work. While there are several bus routes, the community remains overwhelmingly car-dependent.

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📍 3487, VIC, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in the area has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and national figures. This high level of ownership is clear, as 40% of households have three vehicles and another 20% have four or more.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In 3487, VIC, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 48%, followed by 4 or more (24%) and 1 vehicle (14%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one uses public transport to commute, a figure well below the national average. While the proportion of people working from home rose to 14.6% since 2016, this is still far below the state figure.

14.6%

Lower than 55% of postcode areas.

  • 2016: 9.8%
  • 2021: 14.6%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 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.

How people get to work

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In 3487, VIC, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; Worked at home is next at 19%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are 48.78 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian average. However, the 378 weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure, and all services are buses.

48.78

Higher than 99% 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).

378.0

Higher than 59% 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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 3487, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3487/3487-vic/topic/transport