0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6165, WA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 6165, WA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero people now commute by public transport or work from home in postcode 6165, marking a sharp shift since 2011. This area has become almost entirely reliant on cars for daily travel. Despite this, it has a very high number of bus stops and departures relative to its population.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is nearly universal here, with 0.0% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the 5.0% seen across Western Australia and the 7.4% national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 6165, WA, the largest group is 4 or more at 39%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and 1 vehicle (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the only way people get to work, with 54.3% as drivers. This is reflected in the 0.0% who use public transport or work from home, both of which have fallen since 2011 and are far below national levels.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 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.
The area has an unusually high 156.25 public transport stops and 39,390.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people, figures that are far above the Western Australian average. All available services are buses.
10
Lower than 52% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
156.25
Higher than 99% 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).
39,390.6
Higher than 99% 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).
2
Lower than 57% 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.
A drive to the city typically takes 25 minutes, which is lower than most areas. However, the 26-minute walk to the nearest stop is higher than in most other locations.
26
Higher than 67% 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.
25
Lower than 64% 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 6165, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6165/6165-wa/topic/transport