5.7% ▼ -76.7%
Higher than 68% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 35.8%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
6705, WA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 6705, WA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all homes in postcode 6705 have just one motor vehicle. This vast area relies almost entirely on private cars or walking for travel, as there are no public transport options available. While car ownership is common, the number of households without a vehicle has fallen sharply since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 49% of homes have one vehicle, while 15% have four or more. The share of households with no motor vehicle is 5.7%, which is a little below the national figure and has dropped 19 points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 6705, WA, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (26%) and 4 or more (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is the most common way to get to work at 46.4%, followed by driving a car at 32.1%. No one uses public transport to commute, and the 10.7% who work from home is far below the national figure.
10.7% ▼ -35.7%
Lower than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 16.7%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in this area. This means the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people is zero, which is far below the Western Australian average.
0
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
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).
0.0
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 6705, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6705/6705-wa/topic/transport