6.3% ▼ -21.1%
Higher than 72% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
6401, WA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 6401, WA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 77-minute drive to the city makes postcode 6401 a remote area where most people rely on their own cars. Public transport is very limited here, with only 0.6% of workers using it to get to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least one car, and 35.3% have two. While 6.3% of homes have no motor vehicle—a figure slightly above the state average—this is lower than it was in 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →6401, WA splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 66.6% of people being the driver. Very few people work from home at 6.8%, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
6.8% ▲ +31.1%
Lower than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -16.8%
Lower than 54% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 0.6%
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, with only 0.36 stops per 1,000 people and weekly departures far below the Western Australian average. There are only 3 stops and 5 routes serving the area.
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.
0.36
Lower than 82% 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).
5.8
Lower than 80% 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).
5
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The area is quite isolated, with a typical drive time of 77 minutes to reach the city, which is higher than most other areas.
77
Higher than 71% of postcode areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for 6401, WA
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 6401, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6401/6401-wa/topic/transport