5.2% ▼ -24.8%
Higher than 64% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
3842, VIC · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 3842, VIC
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Reliance on cars is very high in postcode 3842, where nearly 70% of workers drive themselves to their jobs. While most homes have at least one vehicle, the area is quite far from the city, making personal transport essential for daily life. This is a place where the typical commute is long and public transit options are limited to buses.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least one car, with 38.5% having one vehicle and 38.2% having two. Only 5.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is a little below the Victorian average and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →3842, VIC splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Victoria, at 11.2%, though this rose 8.6 percentage points since 2011. Very few people use public transport to get to work, with only 0.8% doing so.
11.2% ▲ +321.6%
Lower than 70% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -26.2%
Higher than 50% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 29 public transport stops and 12 routes, giving the area more stops per 1,000 people than most other areas. However, the number of weekly departures is well below the Victorian figure, and all services are provided by buses.
29
Higher than 61% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.89
Higher than 74% 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).
1,006.1
Higher than 73% 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).
12
Higher than 75% 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 drive time to the city is 102 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. To get to the nearest stop, the typical walk takes about 6 minutes.
6
Lower than 57% 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.
102
Higher than 82% 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 3842, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3842/3842-vic/topic/transport