1.3% ▼ -29.4%
Lower than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
6286, WA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 6286, WA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of all homes in postcode 6286 have two motor vehicles, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars. This area is far more car-dependent than most, with very few people using public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 1.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 5.0%. Most households own multiple cars, with 50.8% having two vehicles and 15.7% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 6286, WA, 2 vehicles is the majority at 51%; 1 vehicle is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 17.7% of people doing so, which is far above the state figure of 7.5%. Other options are rare, as only 1.4% of workers use public transport, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
17.7% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 56% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.4%
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, with only two stops and one route serving the area. This results in just 26.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Western Australian average of 1,623.
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.
2.38
Lower than 62% 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).
26.2
Lower than 68% 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 6286, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6286/6286-wa/topic/transport