6513, WA · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 6513, WA

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

Far more people work from home in postcode 6513 than in the typical Western Australian area. While 20.2% of the workforce operates from home, the state average is only 7.5%. This reliance on home-based work is paired with a complete absence of public transport use for daily commutes.

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📍 6513, WA, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have multiple cars, with 79.6% owning two or more vehicles. However, 8.5% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well above the state average and has risen since 2011.

8.5% ▲ —

Higher than 83% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 8.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In 6513, WA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 4 or more (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country. Instead, 52.8% drive themselves and 9% walk to their jobs.

20.2% ▲ +15.7%

Higher than 63% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 17.5%
  • 2016: 16.1%
  • 2021: 20.2%

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 6513, WA, Car (driver) is the majority at 64%; Worked at home is next at 25%.

Public transport access

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

There are 12.35 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. Despite this, the service is limited to a single bus route with only two stops, and weekly departures are far below the state figure.

12.35

Higher than 90% 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).

49.4

Lower than 61% 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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 6513, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6513/6513-wa/topic/transport