5.4% ▼ -31.6%
Higher than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
3620, VIC · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 3620, VIC
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 143-minute drive to the city makes postcode 3620 one of the most remote areas in the region. Residents rely almost entirely on private cars to get around, with virtually no one using public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 36.8% having two and 14.6% having three. Only 5.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen by 2.5 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →3620, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to travel, with 66.4% of workers being the driver. Working from home is far less common here than in the rest of the state, at 10.5%, and no one uses public transport to get to work.
10.5% ▲ +58.6%
Lower than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.1%
- 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, as the area has only 0.72 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the Victorian figure of 4.41. All available services are buses, but weekly departures are much lower than most areas.
6
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.72
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).
15.1
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).
4
Higher than 52% 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 a challenge for those without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop can take up to 81 minutes. This is among the highest travel times for this level of area.
81
Higher than 98% 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.
143
Higher than 93% 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 3620, VIC
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 3620, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3620/3620-vic/topic/transport