6035, WA · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 6035, WA

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

Fewer people without cars are living in postcode 6035 than a decade ago, as the share of homes with no motor vehicle fell to 2.6%. Most households here rely on cars, with 41.8% owning two vehicles and 12.4% owning three.

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📍 6035, WA, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 2.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This reliance on cars is reflected in the fact that over 41% of households own two vehicles.

2.6% ▼ -30.7%

Lower than 65% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 3.7%
  • 2016: 2.3%
  • 2021: 2.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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6035, WA splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (42%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at just 6.6%. Most people commute by car, while 2.8% use public transport, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas.

6.6% ▲ +57.5%

Lower than 90% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 4.2%
  • 2016: 4.0%
  • 2021: 6.6%

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

2.8% ▼ -18.0%

Higher than 75% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 3.4%
  • 2016: 4.0%
  • 2021: 2.8%

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 6035, WA, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Worked at home is next at 9%.

Public transport access

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

The area has excellent access to services, with 7.08 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the Western Australian figure. Buses are the primary mode of transport, making up 93.1% of the network.

7.08

Higher than 83% 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).

1,632.5

Higher than 85% 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.

Travel to the city is quite slow, with a typical drive time of 172 minutes, which is among the highest for areas of this type.

172

Higher than 99% 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 6035, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6035/6035-wa/topic/transport