2.5% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 66% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
3712, VIC · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 3712, VIC
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in postcode 3712 than in the rest of the state, with only 2.5% of households without a vehicle. This high reliance on cars is reflected in the commute, where not a single person uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, with 37.9% of homes owning two vehicles and another 24.2% owning three or more. This helps explain why the 2.5% of homes without a car is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →3712, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 56.1% of residents, while 18.3% work from home. Public transport use for commuting is 0.0%, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%.
18.3% ▲ +14.1%
Higher than 58% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 18.3%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
While there are 11.30 stops per 1,000 people—far above the state average—these are all bus stops. Despite the number of stops, the weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure.
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.
11.30
Higher than 89% 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).
96.0
Lower than 55% 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).
2
Lower than 57% 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.
Travel to the city is a major undertaking here, with a typical drive time of 262 minutes, which is among the highest for similar areas.
262
Higher than 99% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 3712, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3712/3712-vic/topic/transport