3904, VIC · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 3904, VIC

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

Almost half of all homes in postcode 3904 have two motor vehicles, making cars essential for daily life. This is a heavily car-reliant area where public transport is virtually non-existent. Most people here either drive to work or operate from home.

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📍 3904, VIC, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few households get by without a car, with only 1.4% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6% and has barely changed since 2011.

1.4% ▼ -34.2%

Lower than 79% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 2.1%
  • 2016: 2.3%
  • 2021: 1.4%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In 3904, VIC, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (15%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Nobody here commutes by public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. Instead, 19.4% of workers now work from home, a figure that rose by 12 points since 2011.

19.4% ▲ +146.8%

Higher than 61% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 7.9%
  • 2016: 8.6%
  • 2021: 19.4%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 1.2%
  • 2016: 0.6%
  • 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 3904, VIC, Car (driver) is the majority at 69%; Worked at home is next at 23%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is almost entirely unavailable, with zero routes, stops, or weekly departures. This lack of access is far below the Victorian average of 4.41 stops per 1,000 people.

0.00

Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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 the nearest transport stop is a major challenge, as the typical walk takes 88 minutes. This is among the highest travel times for this level of area.

88

Higher than 99% 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 3904, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3904/3904-vic/topic/transport