3895, VIC · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 3895, VIC

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

Not a single home in postcode 3895 is without a motor vehicle, making car ownership an absolute necessity here. This heavy reliance on cars is mirrored in the workforce, where almost 38% of people work from home and nobody uses public transport to commute.

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📍 3895, VIC, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high, with 43.7% of homes owning two vehicles and 31% having three or more. The proportion of homes with no vehicle has fallen to 0.0%, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 3.8%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In 3895, VIC, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is far more common here than in most areas, with 37.8% of the workforce doing so. This is far above the national figure of 21.0% and has risen 12 points since 2011.

37.8% ▲ +46.3%

Higher than 90% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 25.8%
  • 2016: 30.4%
  • 2021: 37.8%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 3.2%
  • 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 3895, VIC, the largest group is Car (driver) at 50%, followed by Worked at home (39%) and Car (passenger) (6%).

Public transport access

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

While there are 5.05 stops per 1,000 people, the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian figure. All public transport is provided by bus, with only one route and one stop serving the area.

5.05

Higher than 66% 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).

60.6

Lower than 57% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to public transport is difficult, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 42 minutes. This is much higher than in most other areas.

42

Higher than 77% 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.

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 3895, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3895/3895-vic/topic/transport