5.6% ▼ -24.8%
Higher than 67% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
3579, VIC · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 3579, VIC
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes without cars have been recorded in postcode 3579 since 2011, reflecting a strong reliance on private travel. Most households now own at least one vehicle, with 35% owning two. This car-dependant nature is clear in how people travel for work and the very limited number of public transport options available.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 15.3% owning three and 9.9% owning four or more. Only 5.6% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is a little below the state and national totals.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →3579, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 63.1% of people. Very few use public transport (0.3%), and at 11.9%, the share of people working from home is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
11.9% ▲ +23.1%
Lower than 67% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▲ +97.1%
Lower than 63% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.1%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 very limited, with only 0.73 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the state average. This is reflected in the low number of weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Victorian figure.
4
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.73
Lower than 78% 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).
15.4
Lower than 71% 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).
6
Higher than 60% 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 3579, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3579/3579-vic/topic/transport