6221, WA · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 6221, WA

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

Nearly three hours of driving separates residents of postcode 6221 from the city, making the area highly dependent on cars. This is a place where every single household owns at least one motor vehicle, far exceeding national trends for car ownership.

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📍 6221, WA, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is universal here, with 0.0% of homes lacking a vehicle, a figure well below the national average. Most households are heavily equipped, as 26.3% have four or more vehicles and 30.3% have two.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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6221, WA splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (29%) and 4 or more (26%), with 1 vehicle at 23%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, while the share of people using public transport has fallen to 0.0% since 2011. About 13.2% of workers operate from home, which is well above the Western Australian figure but well below the national average.

13.2% ▼ -25.3%

Lower than 61% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 17.7%
  • 2016: 13.8%
  • 2021: 13.2%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 2.7%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In 6221, WA, Car (driver) is the majority at 66%; Worked at home is next at 16%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is non-existent in this area, with zero stops and routes available. This puts the area far below the Western Australian average for service access.

0.00

Lower 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).

0.0

Lower 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The drive time to the city is 177 minutes, which is among the highest for areas at this level.

177

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 6221, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6221/6221-wa/topic/transport