4.7% ▼ -66.8%
Higher than 59% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
6638, WA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 6638, WA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Few people work from home in postcode 6638, with only 5.0% doing so, a figure far below the national average. Reliance on private cars is high here, though a surprising 16.8% of workers walk to their jobs. Most residents depend on their own vehicles to get around this vast area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is common, with 35.2% of homes having one vehicle and 32.0% having two. Only 4.7% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen by 9.4 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →6638, WA splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 2 vehicles (33%), with 4 or more at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, used by 38.5% of people as the driver. While 5.0% use public transport—which is a little above the national figure—working from home remains very uncommon at 5.0%.
5.0% ▼ -1.8%
Lower than 94% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.0% ▼ -20.2%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 very limited, with only one route and one stop serving the area. This results in just 6.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 1,623.
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.
1.53
Lower than 69% 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).
6.1
Lower than 79% 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 6638, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6638/6638-wa/topic/transport