6077, WA · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 6077, WA

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

Very few people in postcode 6077 get around without a car. The area has a much lower rate of carless homes than the national figure, with only 2% of households owning no motor vehicle. This high reliance on cars is reflected in the long walk to the nearest transport stop.

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📍 6077, WA, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here own multiple cars, with 26.6% of households having four or more vehicles. Only 2% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 7.4% and has barely changed since 2011.

2.0% ▼ -21.2%

Lower than 72% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 2.6%
  • 2016: 3.4%
  • 2021: 2.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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6077, WA splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (29%) and 1 vehicle (27%), with 4 or more at 27%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 62.4% of residents. While 15.2% now work from home—a rise of 3.4 percentage points since 2011—this is well below the national figure of 21.0%.

15.2% ▲ +28.9%

Lower than 53% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 11.8%
  • 2016: 11.2%
  • 2021: 15.2%

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

1.9% ▲ +20.5%

Higher than 67% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 1.6%
  • 2016: 2.3%
  • 2021: 1.9%

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 6077, WA, Car (driver) is the majority at 74%; Worked at home is next at 18%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport access is very limited, with only one stop and four routes serving the area. The number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the Western Australian average, and all available services are buses.

0.61

Lower than 79% 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).

417.9

Higher than 60% 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.

Getting around without a car is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes about 75 minutes. This is among the highest times for this level. The typical drive to the city takes 28 minutes.

75

Higher than 95% 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.

28

Lower than 60% 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 6077, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6077/6077-wa/topic/transport