5.3% ▼ -23.0%
Higher than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
6258, WA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 6258, WA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer than 1% of workers in postcode 6258 use public transport to get to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on private cars. The area is largely dependent on road travel, with very few residents working from home and limited transit options available.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one motor vehicle, though the 5.3% of households without a car is higher than in most similar areas. Roughly 36% of homes keep two vehicles, and about 10% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →6258, WA splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 66.6% of people being the driver and 6.4% travelling as a passenger. Only 8.1% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
8.1% ▲ +19.8%
Lower than 85% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -21.4%
Higher than 50% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is very limited here, with only 12.8 weekly departures per 1,000 people, a figure far below the Western Australian average. There are only three bus routes and six stops across the area.
6
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.93
Lower than 75% 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).
12.8
Lower than 72% 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).
3
Lower than 52% 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 6258, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6258/6258-wa/topic/transport