3.4% ▼ -33.4%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Pirie Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Port Pirie Surrounds
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Port Pirie Surrounds relies on a car to get around, with only 3.4% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the state and national figures, reflecting a region where private transport is essential for daily life.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 34.5% owning two and another 18.9% owning three. The proportion of homes without a vehicle has fallen to 3.4%, which is much lower than the 7.2% seen across South Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Port Pirie Surrounds splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (30%), with 3 vehicles at 19%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, as only 0.7% of people use public transport—a figure well below the state average. Working from home is less common here than across Australia, with 10.3% of workers doing so.
10.3% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 10.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -30.4%
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
Public transport options are very limited, with only 4 stops and 3 routes serving the area. This results in just 15 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the South Australian figure of 1,317.
4
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.20
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
15.0
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
3
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting into the city is a significant trip, with drive times among the highest for similar areas at 139 minutes.
139
Higher than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Port Pirie Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/405031123/port-pirie-surrounds/topic/transport