17.1% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 17.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Pirie West · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Port Pirie West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A lack of transport options means most people in Port Pirie West rely on their own cars to get around. About 17.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. This makes daily travel a challenge for a significant number of residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are the main way to travel, though 17.1% of households do not own a vehicle. This is much higher than the 7.2% seen across South Australia. For those who do have cars, 44.8% of homes have just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Port Pirie West, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (26%) and No vehicle (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost no one uses public transport to get to work, and only 2.6% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Most residents drive themselves to work, accounting for 65.3% of trips.
2.6% ▲ +66.5%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 2.6%
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: 0.5%
- 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.
Public transport is limited to three bus routes with nine stops. While these are more than in many similar areas, the 129.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the South Australian figure of 1,317.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.52
Higher than 71% 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).
129.1
Higher than 71% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
Getting to a transit point is difficult, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 30 minutes. This is longer than in most other areas.
30
Higher than 67% 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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41211/port-pirie-west/topic/transport