8.2% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Pirie South · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Port Pirie South
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people live without a car in Port Pirie South than in most similar areas, with 8.2% of homes having no motor vehicle. While the area has a high number of transport stops, very few residents actually use public transport or work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Around 8.2% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the South Australian figure of 7.2%. Most households own one or two cars, with 38.1% having just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Port Pirie South splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nobody here commutes by public transport, a figure well below both the state and national averages. Working from home is also very rare at 2.3%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
2.3% ▲ +53.9%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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.
Port Pirie South has 28 public transport stops, which is more than 91% of similar areas. Despite having 7.22 stops per 1,000 people—well above the state average—the number of weekly departures is far below the South Australian figure.
28
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.22
Higher than 86% 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).
298.1
Higher than 75% 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).
8
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 about 17 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop, which is around the middle for areas of this type.
17
Higher 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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41210/port-pirie-south/topic/transport