7.8% ▼ -38.6%
Higher than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
3549, VIC · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 3549, VIC
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Daily travel in postcode 3549 relies heavily on cars, though very few people work from home. Only 7% of the workforce operates from their own house, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 35.2% have two. The share of households with no motor vehicle fell from 12.7% in 2011 to 7.8% in 2021, putting this area about the same as the rest of Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 3549, VIC, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 55.7% of people as the driver and 18.3% as passengers. Use of public transport rose slightly to 3.2% since 2011, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
7.0% ▼ -30.5%
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.2% ▲ +208.7%
Higher than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 3.2%
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 buses, with no trains or trams. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 31.9, which is far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9.
9
Lower than 53% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.24
Lower than 63% 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).
31.9
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).
5
Higher than 57% 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 3549, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3549/3549-vic/topic/transport