3688, VIC · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 3688, VIC

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

Almost every household in postcode 3688 relies on a car to get around. Very few people use public transport, and the area has far fewer transit stops than the Victorian average, making private vehicles essential for daily life.

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📍 3688, VIC, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are common here, with 85.9% of homes owning two or more vehicles. Only 1.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

1.1% ▼ -33.5%

Lower than 83% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 1.6%
  • 2016: 0.9%
  • 2021: 1.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In 3688, VIC, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 4 or more (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to travel, with 66.3% of workers commuting as the driver. No one uses public transport to get to work, and the 13.5% who work from home is far below the Victorian average.

13.5% ▲ +62.3%

Lower than 60% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 8.3%
  • 2016: 6.7%
  • 2021: 13.5%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 0.8%
  • 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 3688, VIC, Car (driver) is the majority at 77%; Worked at home is next at 16%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport options are very limited, with only one route and one stop serving the area. This results in just 0.75 stops per 1,000 people, a figure far below the state average of 4.41.

0.75

Lower than 77% 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).

11.2

Lower than 74% 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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 3688, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3688/3688-vic/topic/transport