0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
6640, WA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 6640, WA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Driving is the main way people get around postcode 6640, where 34.2% of workers commute by car. While almost every home owns a vehicle, a surprising 19.8% of the workforce uses public transport, which is far above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is nearly universal here, with no homes reported as having no motor vehicle. This is well below the 5.0% state average, and the proportion of vehicle-free homes has fallen 7.4 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 6640, WA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work has risen 20 percentage points since 2011 to reach 19.8%, far above the national figure of 3.1%. Meanwhile, working from home is very uncommon at 4.5%, which is far below the Australian average of 21.0%.
4.5% ▼ -63.1%
Lower than 95% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
19.8% ▲ —
Higher than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 19.8%
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 18.6 public transport stops per 1,000 people, far above the Western Australian average of 5.48. However, these bus services are infrequent, with only 37.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the state figure.
4
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
18.60
Higher than 96% 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).
37.2
Lower than 64% 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 6640, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6640/6640-wa/topic/transport