3.3% ▼ -43.3%
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
3898, VIC · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 3898, VIC
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people are working from home in postcode 3898 than they were in 2011, though car travel remains the dominant way to get around. Only 3.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen steadily over the last decade.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high here, with 37.5% of homes owning two vehicles and 19.6% owning three. Far fewer homes are without a car compared to the Victorian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 3898, VIC, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the most common way to get to work (42.9%), though 16.6% of people walk. While working from home rose to 16% since 2011, this is still well below the state and national figures.
16.0% ▲ +116.7%
Higher than 50% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -38.5%
Higher than 58% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
Bus services are the only option here, and while there are far more stops per 1,000 people than in the rest of Victoria, the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.
6
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.51
Higher than 87% 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).
68.1
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).
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 3898, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3898/3898-vic/topic/transport