1.8% ▼ -11.4%
Lower than 75% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
3916, VIC · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 3916, VIC
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher share of people work from home in postcode 3916 than in the rest of the country, with 40.8% of workers doing so. This creates a distinct travel pattern where car travel is the only other major way to get to work, while public transport use is nonexistent.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home in the area owns a car, with only 1.8% having none. This is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%, and nearly half of all households keep two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 3916, VIC, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged since 2011 to reach 40.8%, a figure far above the national average of 21.0%. Consequently, 0.0% of people use public transport for their commute, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.1%.
40.8% ▲ +220.6%
Higher than 92% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 40.8%
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: 0.8%
- 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.
There are 6.76 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the Victorian average. However, these are all bus stops, and the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.
7
Lower than 54% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.76
Higher than 80% 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).
154.4
Lower than 51% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is mostly done by car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 25 minutes. This is higher than most areas, and the drive time to the city is also higher than usual at 68 minutes.
25
Higher than 66% 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.
68
Higher than 67% of postcode areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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).
More for 3916, VIC
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 3916, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3916/3916-vic/topic/transport