3946, VIC · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 3946, VIC

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

Working from home has jumped 14 percentage points since 2016 in postcode 3946, where 28.5% of people now skip the commute. This area is almost entirely dependent on cars, with no one using public transport to get to work.

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📍 3946, VIC, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in the area has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4% for households without a car. Most homes have two cars, while 11.9% have four or more.

0.0% —

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 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 3946, VIC, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Nearly 49% of workers drive to their jobs and 28.5% work from home, a figure a little above the Victorian average. No one in the area uses trains or public transport for their daily commute.

28.5% —

Higher than 80% of postcode areas.

  • 2016: 15.0%
  • 2021: 28.5%

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

0.0% —

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 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 3946, VIC, Car (driver) is the majority at 61%; Worked at home is next at 35%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9.

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.

It takes 81 minutes to drive to the city, which is longer than it does for most areas.

81

Higher than 73% 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 3946, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3946/3946-vic/topic/transport