0.8% ▼ -69.7%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 0.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
3988, VIC · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 3988, VIC
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes in postcode 3988 went without a car between 2011 and 2021, with only 0.8% of households now lacking a vehicle. This reflects a deep reliance on private cars in an area where it takes 86 minutes to drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 77.6% of homes owning three or more vehicles. Only 0.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 3988, VIC, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 34%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost no one uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the Australian average. Instead, 50.7% of workers drive and 22.9% work from home, a figure that rose 4.4 percentage points since 2011.
22.9% ▲ +23.9%
Higher than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 22.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
While there are 6.4 public transport stops per 1,000 people—well above the Victorian figure—these are limited to a single bus route. Consequently, weekly departures per person are far below the state average.
7
Lower than 54% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.40
Higher 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).
11.0
Lower than 74% 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.
Getting around is difficult without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 53 minutes. This is much longer than in most other areas.
53
Higher than 83% 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.
86
Higher than 75% 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 3988, VIC [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA3988/3988-vic/topic/transport