5.5% ▼ -26.4%
Higher than 66% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
3690, VIC · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 3690, VIC
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer households in postcode 3690 are without a car than in 2011, but the area remains heavily reliant on private vehicles. Most homes now own at least one motor vehicle, and very few people use public transport or work from home compared to the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 94.5% of homes have at least one vehicle, with the most common setup being two cars per household at 39.1%. Only 5.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →3690, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 71.2% of people as the driver. Only 8.3% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%, and just 0.4% use public transport for their commute.
8.3% ▲ +258.7%
Lower than 84% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -43.4%
Lower than 60% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
While there are 153 public transport stops in the area, most are buses. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9, sitting at 281.0.
153
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.37
Higher than 57% 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).
281.0
Higher than 57% 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).
28
Higher than 86% 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.
The typical time to walk to the nearest public transport stop is 9 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
9
Lower than 52% 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 3690, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3690/3690-vic/topic/transport