15.5% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 92% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
6438, WA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 6438, WA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher share of homes lack a car in postcode 6438 compared to the rest of the state. While 15.5% of households have no motor vehicle, the area relies heavily on cars and walking for travel. This creates a stark contrast to the national trend where vehicle ownership is much more common.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 15.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is far above the Western Australian average of 5%. Most households do have transport, with 35.6% owning one vehicle and 33.3% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →6438, WA splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (34%) and 2 vehicles (32%), with No vehicle at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking to work is common here at 19.5%, while 6.2% use public transport, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%. Very few people work from home at 3.6%, a rate far below the Australian average of 21%.
3.6% ▲ +202.8%
Lower than 98% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.2% ▼ -48.6%
Higher than 90% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 6.2%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means weekly departures per 1,000 people are at 0.0, which is far below the state average of 1,623.
0
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 6438, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6438/6438-wa/topic/transport