2.2% ▼ -40.0%
Lower than 70% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
6359, WA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 6359, WA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Just 2.2% of homes in postcode 6359 have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This makes the area highly dependent on cars for travel, which is expected given the very limited public transport options available.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least one car, with 37% owning two and 15.6% owning four or more. This high level of ownership is reflected in the fact that very few homes are without a vehicle, a trend that has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 6359, WA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly half of workers drive themselves to work, while 15.3% work from home, which is well above the Western Australian figure. Only 2.5% use public transport to commute, a number that has fallen by 5.2 points since 2011.
15.3% ▲ +8.0%
Lower than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.5% ▼ -67.8%
Higher than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 one route and one stop serving the area. This results in just 4.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the state average.
1
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.28
Lower than 63% 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).
4.6
Lower than 81% 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 6359, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6359/6359-wa/topic/transport