3.6% ▼ -17.7%
Lower than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
6525, WA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 6525, WA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few changes have hit the way people move around postcode 6525 since 2011. Most households rely heavily on their own cars, with only 3.6% of homes having no motor vehicle. This reliance on private transport is clear in the daily commute, where a typical resident is far more likely to drive than use public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 37% of homes have two vehicles and 35.5% have one. Only 3.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4% and has barely changed over the last decade.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →6525, WA splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant choice, with 58.1% of people commuting as a driver. Only 9.1% work from home, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 21%, while public transport use remains low at 2.0%.
9.1% ▲ +11.7%
Lower than 81% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% ▲ +47.5%
Higher than 68% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 2.0%
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.
Public transport is limited, as there are only 3 routes and 8 stops across the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Western Australian figure, and all available services are buses.
8
Lower than 54% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.17
Lower than 64% 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).
19.0
Lower than 70% 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).
3
Lower than 52% 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 6525, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6525/6525-wa/topic/transport