4.6% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 59% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
3953, VIC · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 3953, VIC
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home rose by 6.2 percentage points since 2011 in postcode 3953, though car travel remains the main way people get around. The area is heavily reliant on private vehicles, with only 0.2% of workers using public transport to commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own multiple cars, with 62.2% having two or three vehicles. Only 4.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages and has barely changed since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →3953, VIC splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving alone is the most common way to get to work for 60.5% of residents. While 15.2% now work from home, this is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
15.2% ▲ +68.4%
Lower than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -43.1%
Lower than 66% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
Public transport is limited to buses, with only 1.46 stops per 1,000 people. This is far below the state average, and weekly departures are also far below the Victorian figure.
12
Higher than 50% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.46
Lower than 70% 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).
33.6
Lower than 65% 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).
3
Lower than 52% 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.
Travel times are very long here, with a typical drive to the city taking 101 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
101
Higher than 81% 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 3953, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3953/3953-vic/topic/transport