6528, WA · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 6528, WA

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

Zero homes without a car separates postcode 6528 from the rest of the state, where 5% of households lack one. This is a highly car-dependent area where nearly every single home owns at least one motor vehicle.

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📍 6528, WA, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high, with 34.8% of homes owning two vehicles and nearly 20% having four or more. This explains why no homes in the area are without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average.

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 6528, WA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 33%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (23%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, though 18.1% work from home, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 7.5%. Use of public transport for commuting is low at 2.2%, though this has risen slightly since 2011.

18.1% ▲ +26.9%

Higher than 58% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 14.3%
  • 2016: 13.8%
  • 2021: 18.1%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

2.2% ▲ —

Higher than 70% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 2.2%

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 6528, WA, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; Worked at home is next at 22%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is almost non-existent here, with zero stops and zero routes. This leaves the area far below the state average for transit access and departures.

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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).

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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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 6528, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6528/6528-wa/topic/transport