42.9% ▲ +33.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Pirie · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Port Pirie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More homes lack a motor vehicle in Port Pirie than in almost any similar area. This stands in stark contrast to the national figure, with 42.9% of households having no car at all. While public transport infrastructure is plentiful, it is rarely used for commuting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 42.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the South Australian figure of 7.2%. For those who do own cars, 31% of households have one vehicle, while 21.4% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Port Pirie, the largest group is No vehicle at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 2 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is a common way to get to work here, used by 28.1% of people. In contrast, no one in the area works from home or uses public transport to commute, which is well below national and state levels.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 11 public transport stops and 9 routes, putting it among the largest for its size. With 3,079.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people, service frequency is far above the South Australian figure.
11
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
62.50
Higher than 99% 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).
3,079.5
Higher than 97% 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).
9
Higher than 86% 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.
It takes a typical resident about 9 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for similar areas.
9
Lower than 56% 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.
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41209/port-pirie/topic/transport