3570, VIC · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 3570, VIC

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

A 125-minute drive to the city makes postcode 3570 a very remote area. Because it is so far from the city, almost everyone here relies on a car to get around. Very few households are without a vehicle, and public transport use for work has completely disappeared.

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📍 3570, VIC, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 2.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are heavily equipped, with 87.3% owning two or more vehicles.

2.2% ▲ +12.9%

Lower than 70% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 2.0%
  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 2021: 2.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In 3570, VIC, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 4 or more (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one in the area used public transport to get to work in 2021, down from 2.3% in 2011. While 16.7% of people now work from home, this is well below the Victoria figure of 25.7%.

16.7% ▲ +39.6%

Higher than 52% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 12.0%
  • 2016: 15.5%
  • 2021: 16.7%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 2.3%
  • 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 3570, VIC, Car (driver) is the majority at 68%; Worked at home is next at 20%.

Public transport access

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

Weekly public transport departures are far below the state average, with only 35.8 departures per 1,000 people. This limited service is mostly trains, which make up 93.3% of the available routes.

3.58

Lower 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).

35.8

Lower than 65% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The drive time to the city is 125 minutes, which is much higher than most other areas.

125

Higher than 89% 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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 3570, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3570/3570-vic/topic/transport