5.8% ▲ —
Higher than 69% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
6490, WA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 6490, WA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero people in postcode 6490 use public transport to get to work, reflecting a total reliance on private cars for daily travel. Most households own at least one vehicle, though the number of homes without any motor vehicle rose to 5.8% since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 34% of homes have two vehicles and nearly 20% own four or more. The 5.8% of households with no motor vehicle is higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →6490, WA splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (31%) and 1 vehicle (28%), with 4 or more at 18%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 65.3% of people, while 15.3% work from home. This work-from-home rate is well above the Western Australian figure of 7.5%, but well below the national figure of 21.0%.
15.3% ▲ +5.1%
Lower than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 puts the region far below the Western Australian average for transport access.
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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 6490, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6490/6490-wa/topic/transport