11.3% ▲ +30.9%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Pirie · Urban Centre
Transport & Vehicles in Port Pirie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than one in ten homes in Port Pirie have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the national average. This makes the area stand out for its lack of car ownership. Most people here rely heavily on cars to get around, while very few work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and has risen since 2011. For those who do own cars, the most common arrangement is a single vehicle, found in 39.9% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Port Pirie, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 40%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 72.6% of people as the driver. Very few people work from home at 2.5%, a figure far below the Australian average, and only 0.4% use public transport.
2.5% ▼ -21.6%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -37.2%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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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/ucl/UCL413005/port-pirie/topic/transport