1.4% ▲ —
Lower than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
3779, VIC · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 3779, VIC
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Forty-four per cent of households in postcode 3779 have one motor vehicle, making cars essential for daily life. The area is heavily reliant on private transport, with almost no one using public transport to get to work. This reflects a remote setting where the drive to the city takes a very long 211 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here go without a car, with only 1.4% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6% and the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 3779, VIC, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nobody in this area commutes to work using public transport. While 20.9% of people now work from home, which is a rise of 5.5 percentage points since 2011, the most common way to get to work is driving.
20.9% ▲ +36.0%
Higher than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.4%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 20.9%
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: 1.8%
- 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.
There are 7.98 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian average of 4.41. However, weekly departures are far below the state figure, and all available services are buses.
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.
7.98
Higher than 86% 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).
131.7
Lower than 52% 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.
Getting into the city is a significant journey, with drive times among the highest for similar areas at 211 minutes.
211
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).
More for 3779, VIC
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 3779, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3779/3779-vic/topic/transport