0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
3889, VIC · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 3889, VIC
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A shift toward home-based work has defined travel patterns in postcode 3889 since 2011. The area has seen a sharp rise in people working from home, while the number of households without a car has dropped to zero. This creates a landscape where personal vehicles and home offices are the primary way people manage their daily routines.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%. Most households keep one or two cars, and 16.9% have three, showing a much higher reliance on private transport than in most other areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →3889, VIC splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 35.6% of people doing so, which is far above the national figure of 21%. This high rate of home work helps explain why no one in the area uses public transport to get to work.
35.6% ▲ +84.6%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 39.6%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are 17.54 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian average. However, the actual service levels are much lower than the state average, with only two bus routes serving the area.
3
Lower than 64% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
17.54
Higher than 95% 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).
210.5
Higher than 53% 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 3889, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3889/3889-vic/topic/transport