2.3% ▼ -32.4%
Lower than 69% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
3851, VIC · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 3851, VIC
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A tiny 0.2% of workers use public transport to get to work in postcode 3851. This creates a strong reliance on cars across the area, where very few households get by without a vehicle. While more people have started working from home since 2011, most residents still depend on their own cars for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 38.9% owning two vehicles and 12.8% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 3851, VIC, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 59.5% of people as the driver. Those working from home make up 16.2% of the workforce, a figure that rose 6.3 percentage points since 2011 but remains well below the national average.
16.2% ▲ +63.3%
Higher than 51% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 66% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.2%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
Public transport is limited to two bus routes, with 24.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people. This is far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9, reflecting the area's low transit use.
26
Higher than 60% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.17
Higher than 55% 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).
24.7
Lower than 68% 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).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 3851, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3851/3851-vic/topic/transport