1.3% ▼ -59.4%
Lower than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
6284, WA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 6284, WA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few homes without a car define the transport landscape in postcode 6284, where only 1.3% of households lack a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Reliance on private transport is high, as public transport options are very limited compared to the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost half of all homes have two vehicles, and 26.9% have three or more. The proportion of households without a vehicle is much lower than most areas and has fallen by 1.8 points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 6284, WA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way people get to work, with 57.2% as the driver. While 13.9% of people work from home—a figure well above the state average—only 1.1% use public transport, which is a little below the national figure.
13.9% ▲ +9.0%
Lower than 58% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▲ +31.4%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 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 very sparse here, with only 3 stops and one route available. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 15.3, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 1,623.
3
Lower than 64% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.04
Lower than 74% 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).
15.3
Lower than 71% 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).
1
Lower than 71% 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 6284, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6284/6284-wa/topic/transport