3.5% ▼ -49.4%
Lower than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
6536, WA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 6536, WA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes in postcode 6536 are without a car now than in 2011, as the share of vehicle-free households fell by 3.4 percentage points. This reliance on private transport is clear, with most homes owning at least two vehicles and very few people using public transit. The area remains heavily dependent on cars for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own multiple cars, with 40.1% having two and 12.8% having three. Only 3.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →6536, WA splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 50.9% of residents, while only 1.9% use public transport. Working from home is much less common here than in other areas, at just 6.2%.
6.2% ▼ -24.7%
Lower than 91% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% ▲ +56.5%
Higher than 67% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 limited, with only one stop and two routes serving the area. This is reflected in the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Western Australian figure.
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.
0.68
Lower than 78% 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).
4.1
Lower than 81% 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).
2
Lower than 57% 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 6536, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6536/6536-wa/topic/transport