While Mount Barker is well serviced by Adelaide metro buses, the paper warned of population pressures, with the district expected to increase from about 38,000 to "reach 60,000 in the next 15 years".

Mount Barker (including the Porongurups) Gateway to the Porongurups Located 359 km south east of Perth on the Albany Highway, Mount Barker is the gateway to the beautiful Porongurups.