0.0% —
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
6504, WA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 6504, WA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Not a single home in postcode 6504 is without a motor vehicle, making cars essential for daily life here. The area is very remote, with a typical 70-minute drive to the city and no local public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is incredibly high, with 73.4% of homes owning two or more vehicles. This is a significant increase since 2016, when 5.1% of households had no car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →6504, WA splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (30%), with 1 vehicle at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 22.6% of people doing so—a figure far above the Western Australian average of 7.5%. Otherwise, the vast majority of workers rely on cars to get to their jobs.
22.6% —
Higher than 70% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 means access to transit is far below the state average, with zero weekly departures per 1,000 people.
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is dominated by private travel, as the 70-minute drive time to the city is higher than in most other areas.
70
Higher than 67% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 6504, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6504/6504-wa/topic/transport