1.6% ▼ -73.7%
Lower than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
6511, WA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 6511, WA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 1.6% of homes in postcode 6511 lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%. This highlights a strong reliance on cars in an area where most households own at least two vehicles. While some residents use public transport, the overall infrastructure is very limited compared to the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 46.8% of homes owning two vehicles and 16.8% owning three. The proportion of households without a car has fallen since 2011 to just 1.6%, which is much lower than most other areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 6511, WA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 57.7% as the driver and 8.2% as a passenger. Very few people work from home at 4.6%, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
4.6% ▲ +30.9%
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% ▲ —
Higher than 77% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 scarce, with only one bus route and one stop serving the area. This results in just 8.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 1,623.
1
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.08
Lower than 65% 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).
8.3
Lower than 77% 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).
1
Lower than 71% 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.
It takes much longer than most areas to drive to the city, with a typical trip taking 117 minutes. The walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 7 minutes, which is around the middle for similar places.
7
Lower than 55% of postcode areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
117
Higher than 87% 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 6511, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6511/6511-wa/topic/transport