1.7% ▼ -46.5%
Lower than 76% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
6253, WA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 6253, WA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes in postcode 6253 are without a car now than in 2011. This area relies heavily on private vehicles, with a small number of people using public transport and a high number working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 1.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures. Most households have at least two cars, with 37.5% owning exactly two and another 23.1% owning three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →6253, WA splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 22.8% of people doing so—a figure far above the Western Australian average. Very few people use public transport for their commute (1.1%), while 43.8% mainly drive themselves to work.
22.8% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 71% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -31.8%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
Public transport is limited to two bus routes, with only 3.05 stops per 1,000 people. This results in 33.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the state figure.
2
Lower than 71% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.05
Lower than 56% 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).
33.6
Lower than 65% 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).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 6253, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6253/6253-wa/topic/transport