3.4% ▼ -43.8%
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
3687, VIC · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 3687, VIC
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes without cars and a slight rise in remote work are the main changes for postcode 3687 since 2011. The area is heavily reliant on private vehicles, with almost 40% of households owning two cars. Public transport is very limited here, with no one using it to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.6% figure for Victoria. This is a downward trend from 6.0% in 2011, with 39.4% of households now owning two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 3687, VIC, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The typical way to get to work is by car, as 0.0% of residents use public transport—a figure well below the national average. Working from home has risen to 7.0% since 2011, though this remains far below the state figure of 25.7%.
7.0% ▲ +71.4%
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 7.0%
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: 0.6%
- 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 limited to three bus routes, with 51.8 weekly departures per 1,000 people. This level of service is far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9 departures.
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.
3.77
Higher than 51% 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).
51.8
Lower than 60% 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).
3
Lower 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 to a transit point is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes about 57 minutes. This is much higher than most other areas.
57
Higher than 85% 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 3687, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3687/3687-vic/topic/transport