3928, VIC · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 3928, VIC

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

Working from home has surged by 17 percentage points since 2011 in postcode 3928, reflecting a major shift in how people get to work. This area is now almost entirely dependent on private cars, with not a single home lacking a motor vehicle. It is a place where most people either work from their own house or drive to their jobs.

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📍 3928, VIC, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is extremely high, with 79% of homes owning two or more vehicles. No households in the area are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 1.8%
  • 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 3928, VIC, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 1 vehicle (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Almost no one uses public transport to get to work, while 34.2% of people work from home—a figure far above the Australian average. Most other workers drive themselves, with 39.6% commuting as the driver.

34.2% ▲ +99.5%

Higher than 87% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 17.2%
  • 2016: 21.2%
  • 2021: 34.2%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 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 3928, VIC, the largest group is Car (driver) at 48%, followed by Worked at home (42%) and Walked (9%).

Public transport access

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

Public transport is virtually non-existent here, with zero stops and zero routes. This is far below the Victorian average of 4.4 stops per 1,000 people.

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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).

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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 into the city is a long trip, with a typical drive time of 63 minutes, which is higher than most areas.

63

Higher than 64% 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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 3928, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3928/3928-vic/topic/transport