6321, WA · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 6321, WA

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Working from home has surged from zero to 19% of the workforce since 2011 in postcode 6321. This shift highlights a changing landscape where remote work is now a major part of the local economy. While car travel remains dominant, more people are choosing flexible ways to work than in previous years.

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📍 6321, WA, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost every home here owns a car, with only 4.5% of households having no motor vehicle. This is slightly lower than the national figure and represents a 1.4 point drop since 2011.

4.5% ▼ -23.9%

Higher than 58% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 5.9%
  • 2016: 6.4%
  • 2021: 4.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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6321, WA splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (34%) and 2 vehicles (31%), with 3 vehicles at 22%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, but 19% now work from home, which is far above the Western Australian figure. Public transport use is low at 1.8%, though this is still higher than in most similar areas.

19.0% ▲ —

Higher than 60% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 22.8%
  • 2021: 19.0%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

1.8% ▲ —

Higher than 65% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 1.8%

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.

How people get to work

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In 6321, WA, Car (driver) is the majority at 65%; Worked at home is next at 22%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are 5.94 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is a little above the state average. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the Western Australian figure, and all services are by bus.

5.94

Higher 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).

67.3

Lower 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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 6321, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6321/6321-wa/topic/transport