3.5% ▼ -30.3%
Lower than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
3612, VIC · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 3612, VIC
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one uses public transport to get to work in postcode 3612, making it one of the most car-dependent areas in the region. This reliance on vehicles is clear as only 3.5% of homes lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 66.6% of homes owning either one or two vehicles and 30.5% owning three or more. The proportion of homes without a car has fallen since 2011 to 3.5%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →3612, VIC splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (34%) and 2 vehicles (32%), with 3 vehicles at 18%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 61.2% of people as the driver and 7.4% as a passenger. Working from home rose to 12.2% since 2011, though this remains far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
12.2% ▲ +94.1%
Lower than 66% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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 routes and three stops serving the area. This results in just 13.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is 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.
1.67
Lower than 68% 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).
13.3
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.
Getting around is challenging without a car, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 32 minutes. This is higher than most areas, and the drive time to the city is much higher than most other places at 117 minutes.
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.
117
Higher than 87% 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).
More for 3612, VIC
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 3612, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3612/3612-vic/topic/transport