2.1% ▼ -54.8%
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 2.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
3896, VIC · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 3896, VIC
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes without cars is the main shift in postcode 3896, where only 2.1% of households now lack a vehicle. This is a huge reliance on private transport in an area where public options are very limited. Most residents depend on their own cars to get around the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home here owns at least one vehicle, which is well below the national figure for car-less households. More than half of all homes have two or more cars, with 17.7% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →3896, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (33%) and 1 vehicle (30%), with 3 vehicles at 19%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one uses public transport to get to work, and 19.3% of residents now work from home, a figure that rose 3.6 points since 2011. Most people drive themselves to work, while 12% walk.
19.3% ▲ +23.0%
Higher than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 19.3%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is very sparse with only one route and one stop in the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian average, and the only available mode is the bus.
1
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.85
Lower than 58% 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).
34.2
Lower than 65% 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).
1
Lower than 71% 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 3896, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3896/3896-vic/topic/transport