3.8% ▼ -33.1%
Lower than 51% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
6280, WA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 6280, WA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport stops per person than most similar areas defines postcode 6280, despite very few people actually using those services. Most households rely on their own cars to get around, with only 3.8% of homes having no motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 39.1% of homes owning two vehicles. This reliance is reflected in the fact that fewer homes lack a motor vehicle than the national figure, a trend that has fallen further since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →6280, WA splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at just 7.3%. Most people drive themselves to work, and only 1.3% use public transport, a figure that has barely changed over the last decade.
7.3% ▲ +36.4%
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 59% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 201 public transport stops, which is among the largest number for its level, though all services are buses. Despite this high number of stops, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Western Australian figure.
201
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.57
Higher 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).
282.2
Higher than 57% 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).
4
Higher 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 6280, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6280/6280-wa/topic/transport