3.4% ▼ -41.1%
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
3540, VIC · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 3540, VIC
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Forty-four per cent of people in postcode 3540 drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way to get around. Very few homes are without a vehicle, and public transport is rarely used for commuting. This creates a strong reliance on private cars for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This is a downward trend, as the proportion of car-less homes fell 2.4 points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 3540, VIC, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 38%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and 4 or more (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area commutes by public transport, which is well below the Australian average of 3.1%. While 19% of people work from home, this is a little below the national figure and represents an 8.5 point drop since 2011.
19.0% ▼ -30.8%
Higher than 60% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 19.0%
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 limited to a single bus route, with only one stop in the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure, and there are fewer routes than in about 68% of similar areas.
1
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.80
Higher than 51% 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).
22.8
Lower than 69% 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.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes 32 minutes on average, which is higher than most areas.
32
Higher than 71% 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 3540, VIC
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 3540, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3540/3540-vic/topic/transport