3730, VIC · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 3730, VIC

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

A huge gap in public transport access defines postcode 3730, where only 0.1% of workers commute using transit. This area relies heavily on private cars, with nearly 40% of households owning two vehicles.

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📍 3730, VIC, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here have at least one car, and only 4.6% have none, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. This lack of car-free households has fallen further since 2011.

4.6% ▼ -28.5%

Higher than 58% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 6.4%
  • 2016: 5.8%
  • 2021: 4.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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3730, 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 dominant way to get to work, with 66.6% of people as the driver. Only 9.1% work from home, a figure far below both the state and national averages.

9.1% ▲ +64.3%

Lower than 80% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 5.6%
  • 2016: 5.1%
  • 2021: 9.1%

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

0.1% ▼ -60.6%

Lower than 69% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 0.2%
  • 2016: 0.2%
  • 2021: 0.1%

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 3730, VIC, Car (driver) is the majority at 78%; Worked at home is next at 11%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is very limited here, with only 0.62 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the Victorian average. All available services are buses, but weekly departures are much lower than in most areas.

0.62

Lower than 79% 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).

10.9

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 3730, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3730/3730-vic/topic/transport