3.2% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
6721, WA · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 6721, WA
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 72% of people in postcode 6721 drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. This is a place where most households own multiple vehicles and very few people work from home, with only 2.7% doing so. Private transport is the primary way people get around this large area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 44% of homes have two vehicles, and a further 23% have three or more. Only 3.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 6721, WA, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport is rarely used for commuting, with only 0.8% of workers using it, a figure that has fallen since 2011. Working from home is also very uncommon at 2.7%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
2.7% ▲ +26.9%
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -87.8%
Higher than 51% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
The area has 71 public transport stops, providing 16.26 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Western Australian average. However, the 488.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
71
Higher than 76% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
16.26
Higher than 94% 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).
488.2
Higher than 62% 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 6721, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6721/6721-wa/topic/transport