1.8% ▼ -33.5%
Lower than 75% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
6516, WA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 6516, WA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer households without a car is the main change for postcode 6516, where only 1.8% of homes now lack a motor vehicle. This makes the area much more dependent on private transport than most other regions. Most residents rely on cars for daily travel due to very limited public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 39% of homes owning two vehicles and only 1.8% having none. This lack of carless households is well below the Western Australian figure of 5.0% and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 6516, WA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work, while 7.6% work from home. This work-from-home rate is far below the national figure of 21.0%, although it has risen by 5.1 points since 2011.
7.6% ▲ +205.1%
Lower than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 69% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.1%
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 very scarce, with only one bus route and one stop serving the area. This results in just 0.5 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the state average of 5.48.
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.
0.50
Lower than 80% 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).
2.0
Lower than 84% 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).
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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 6516, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6516/6516-wa/topic/transport