2.9% ▼ -45.1%
Lower than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
3580, VIC · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 3580, VIC
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer households without a car than in 2011 marks the main shift in postcode 3580, where car ownership is now very high. Almost everyone here relies on private vehicles for their daily needs, with very few people working from home or using public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is common here, with 39.6% of homes having two vehicles and 26.1% having three or more. Only 2.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 3580, VIC, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work is almost exclusively done by car, as 69.2% of workers drive and 5.3% are passengers. Only 7.9% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%, and no one uses public transport to commute.
7.9% ▲ +60.7%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 7.9%
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 very limited, with only two bus routes and three stops in the area. This results in just 16.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the Victorian average of 1,267.9.
3
Lower than 64% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.72
Lower than 59% 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).
16.3
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).
2
Lower than 57% 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.
Access to transit is difficult, with a typical walk of 85 minutes to the nearest stop. This is among the highest walking times for areas at this level.
85
Higher than 99% 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 3580, VIC
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 3580, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3580/3580-vic/topic/transport