3728, VIC · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 3728, VIC

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

Very few households in postcode 3728 are without a car, a trend that has strengthened since 2011. This is a highly car-dependent area where almost every home owns at least one vehicle and virtually no one uses public transport to get to work.

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📍 3728, VIC, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 1.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households are well equipped, with 37.4% owning two vehicles and another 13.9% owning four or more.

1.5% ▼ -67.6%

Lower than 78% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 4.5%
  • 2016: 4.1%
  • 2021: 1.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In 3728, VIC, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Zero people commute using public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. While the number of people working from home rose to 15.0% since 2011, this remains far below the Victorian average of 25.7%.

15.0% ▲ +38.4%

Lower than 54% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 10.8%
  • 2016: 13.0%
  • 2021: 15.0%

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: 0.0%
  • 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 3728, VIC, Car (driver) is the majority at 76%; Worked at home is next at 17%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport options are very limited, with just one route and two stops serving the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure, and the only available mode is the bus.

2.91

Lower than 58% 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).

52.4

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 12 minutes.

12

Higher than 54% 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 3728, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3728/3728-vic/topic/transport