2.5% ▼ -55.2%
Lower than 67% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
6479, WA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 6479, WA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in postcode 6479 relies on a car for transport. Only 2.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. This heavy reliance on private cars is a key feature of the area's transport landscape.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 36.3% owning two and 13.7% owning four or more. The proportion of homes without a vehicle has fallen from 5.5% in 2011 to 2.5% in 2021.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 6479, WA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here at 18.5%, which is far above the Western Australian figure. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 1.1%, a rate that has barely changed since 2011.
18.5% ▼ -14.2%
Higher than 59% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 essentially non-existent in this area. There are no public transport stops or routes, and zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the state average.
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 6479, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6479/6479-wa/topic/transport