2.5% ▼ -54.1%
Lower than 66% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
3943, VIC · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 3943, VIC
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in postcode 3943 than in the rest of the country, with 36.0% of workers doing so. This is a car-reliant area where very few homes lack a vehicle, though it has an unusually high number of public transport stops per person.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 42.7% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 2.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 3943, VIC, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (37%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has jumped 24 points since 2011 to reach 36.0%, a figure far above the national average. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 1.6%.
36.0% ▲ +197.6%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▼ -28.3%
Higher than 63% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 1.6%
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.
The area has 21.36 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian average. Weekly departures are also among the highest at this level, though all services are buses.
43
Higher than 67% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
21.36
Higher 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).
3,990.1
Higher 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).
2
Lower than 57% 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.
While the walk to the nearest stop is very short—typically just 2 minutes—it takes a long time to reach the city, with a typical drive time of 75 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
75
Higher than 70% 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 3943, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3943/3943-vic/topic/transport