3890, VIC · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 3890, VIC

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

Over half of the workers in postcode 3890 drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on private cars. This is a region where almost every household owns at least one vehicle and public transport use is non-existent.

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📍 3890, VIC, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 4.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and national figures. Most households have one or two cars, while 19.1% own three vehicles.

4.3% ▼ -33.6%

Higher than 55% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 6.4%
  • 2016: 4.8%
  • 2021: 4.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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3890, VIC splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (33%), with 3 vehicles at 20%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one in the area commutes by public transport. While 14.3% of people work from home—a rise of 10 points since 2011—this is still far below the state and national figures.

14.3% ▲ +257.1%

Lower than 57% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 4.0%
  • 2016: 12.7%
  • 2021: 14.3%

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: 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.

How people get to work

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In 3890, VIC, Car (driver) is the majority at 62%; Walked is next at 18%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is very limited here, with only one stop and two routes available. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian average, and all available services are buses.

2.99

Lower than 57% 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).

53.7

Lower than 59% 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 3890, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3890/3890-vic/topic/transport