6505, WA · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 6505, WA

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every home in postcode 6505 has a car, making it much more vehicle-dependent than most other areas. While public transport is non-existent here, a high number of people avoid the commute entirely by working from home.

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📍 6505, WA, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Not a single home in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures. Most households are heavily equipped, with 46.2% owning two vehicles and another 30.8% owning four or more.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In 6505, WA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 4 or more (32%) and 3 vehicles (11%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is far more common here than in the rest of Western Australia, with 26.9% of people doing so. This helps explain why 0.0% of the workforce uses public transport, a figure well below the national average.

26.9% ▼ -18.1%

Higher than 78% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 32.9%
  • 2016: 44.3%
  • 2021: 26.9%

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: 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.

How people get to work

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In 6505, WA, the largest group is Car (driver) at 45%, followed by Worked at home (33%) and Walked (17%).

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is entirely absent in this area, with no stops or routes available. This leaves the area with zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Western Australian figure.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the city is a significant trip for residents, with a typical drive time of 70 minutes, which is higher than 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 6505, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6505/6505-wa/topic/transport