1.4% ▼ -73.7%
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
6560, WA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 6560, WA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 1.4% of homes in postcode 6560 lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below the state and national rates. This high level of car ownership reflects a region where private transport is essential for daily life. Most households own two or more vehicles to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home here has a car, with 34.6% owning two and 17.7% owning three. The share of homes without a vehicle has fallen by 4 percentage points since 2011 to just 1.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →6560, WA splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (31%), with 3 vehicles at 18%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 68% of people commuting as the driver. Very few people work from home at 4.7%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
4.7% ▲ +0.2%
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -64.9%
Lower than 52% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
There are 17.49 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Western Australian average. However, these 24 bus stops provide few services, as weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.
24
Higher than 59% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
17.49
Higher than 95% 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).
301.7
Higher than 58% 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).
4
Higher than 52% of postcode areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 53 minutes to drive to the city. The walk to the nearest public transport stop typically takes 13 minutes.
13
Higher than 55% of postcode areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
53
Higher than 59% of postcode areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 6560, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6560/6560-wa/topic/transport