31.9% ▼ -30.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.7%
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Point Pearce · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Point Pearce
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher proportion of homes lack a car than in most other areas, making Point Pearce a place where daily travel can be a challenge. Around 31.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than the national figure of 7.4%. This lack of private transport is striking for a rural setting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly a third of homes have no vehicle, which is far above the South Australian rate of 7.2%. For those who do own cars, 44.7% of households have just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Point Pearce, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by No vehicle (32%) and 2 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The most common how people get to work is Car (driver) at 78%, ahead of Car (passenger) (0%).
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are 6.8 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the state figure. However, with only one bus route serving the area, weekly departures are far below the South Australian average.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.80
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
27.2
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality 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
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Travel to the city is a long haul, with a typical drive time of 118 minutes. This is much higher than most areas, while the 19-minute walk to the nearest stop is about average for this level.
19
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
118
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality 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 Point Pearce [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41172/point-pearce/topic/transport