3683, VIC · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 3683, VIC

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

Nearly 65% of workers in postcode 3683 drive themselves to work, highlighting a strong reliance on cars. This is a car-dependent area where very few households get by without a vehicle and public transport is rarely used.

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📍 3683, VIC, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 2.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households own multiple cars, with 38.6% having two and another 30.3% owning three or more.

2.5% ▼ -49.2%

Lower than 66% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 5.0%
  • 2016: 4.0%
  • 2021: 2.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In 3683, VIC, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here commutes by public transport, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. While 13.4% of people work from home—up 8.3 points since 2011—this is still far below the 25.7% seen across Victoria.

13.4% ▲ +165.4%

Lower than 61% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 5.0%
  • 2016: 4.9%
  • 2021: 13.4%

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.

How people get to work

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In 3683, VIC, Car (driver) is the majority at 76%; Worked at home is next at 16%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is very limited, with only 36.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the state figure of 1,267.9. There are only 1.72 stops per 1,000 people, also far below the Victorian average.

1.72

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).

36.6

Lower than 64% 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.

Getting to a transport stop is a challenge here, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 74 minutes. This is among the highest travel times for this measure.

74

Higher than 95% 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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 3683, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3683/3683-vic/topic/transport