1.5% ▼ -33.2%
Lower than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
3956, VIC · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 3956, VIC
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over two hours of driving time to the city makes postcode 3956 a remote area where cars are essential. Almost every home here owns at least one vehicle, and a quarter of the workforce avoids the long trip entirely by working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 1.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.6% seen across Victoria. Most households own multiple cars, with 40.6% having two and 14% having three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 3956, VIC, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes by public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. Instead, 26.3% of people work from home, a figure that has risen 11 points since 2011.
26.3% ▲ +73.8%
Higher than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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.
Public transport is very limited, with only one route and two stops serving the area. This results in just 0.66 stops per 1,000 people, far below the Victorian average of 4.41.
2
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.66
Lower than 78% 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).
15.5
Lower than 71% 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.
The drive time to the city is 122 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
122
Higher than 88% 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 3956, VIC
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 3956, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3956/3956-vic/topic/transport