6714, WA · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 6714, WA

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A sharp 12 percentage point drop in public transport use since 2011 tells the main story for postcode 6714. Most residents now rely on their own cars to get around, with very few people working from home. This dependence on private vehicles is reflected in the high number of cars owned per household.

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📍 6714, WA, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost every home here has at least one motor vehicle, with 45% of households owning two. Only 2.7% of homes have no vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

2.7% ▼ -19.2%

Lower than 64% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 3.3%
  • 2016: 3.5%
  • 2021: 2.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In 6714, WA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 69% of people as the driver and another 6.8% as passengers. Only 2.5% of people work from home, which is far below the 21% national average.

2.5% ▲ +50.8%

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 1.7%
  • 2016: 1.9%
  • 2021: 2.5%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

2.9% ▼ -81.1%

Higher than 75% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 15.2%
  • 2016: 6.4%
  • 2021: 2.9%

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.

How people get to work

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In 6714, WA, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Car (passenger) is next at 8%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport options are very limited, with only 10 stops and two bus routes serving the area. There are just 0.57 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 5.48.

0.57

Lower than 79% 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).

10.4

Lower than 75% 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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 6714, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6714/6714-wa/topic/transport