9.8% ▼ -18.1%
Higher than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Pirie · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Port Pirie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 10% of Port Pirie households live without a motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. While the town has a high number of public transport stops, very few people use them to get to work. Most residents rely on private cars for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the South Australian and national figures, though this has fallen since 2011. Most households have one or two cars, with 37.9% owning just one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Port Pirie, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 38%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, with only 4.1% of people doing so. This is consistent with a heavy reliance on cars, as 71% of workers drive themselves and only 0.4% use public transport.
4.1% ▲ +6.0%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -37.8%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
Port Pirie has 6.31 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the state average. However, the number of weekly departures per person is far below the South Australian figure, and all available services are buses.
109
Higher than 63% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.31
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
248.9
Higher than 63% of council (lga) 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).
11
Higher than 58% of council (lga) 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 Port Pirie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA46450/port-pirie/topic/transport