2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Augusta · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Port Augusta
How families and households are made up across the area.
Well above the national figures, Port Augusta has a high number of people living alone and single-parent families. This trend is reflected in the typical home, where only 2.3 people live, a figure that has edged down since 2011.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 1 area
- 1.7: 1 area
- 1.8: 5 areas
- 1.9: 5 areas
- 2.0: 9 areas
- 2.1: 26 areas
- 2.2: 77 areas
- 2.3: 107 areas
- 2.4: 90 areas
- 2.5: 83 areas
- 2.6: 39 areas
- 2.7: 30 areas
- 2.8: 18 areas
- 2.9: 13 areas
- 3.0: 3 areas
- 3.1: 9 areas
- 3.2: 5 areas
- 3.3: 2 areas
- 3.4: 4 areas
- 3.5: 5 areas
- 3.6: 1 area
- 3.7: 3 areas
- 3.8: 2 areas
- 3.9: 1 area
- 4.0: 1 area
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 2 areas
- 4.3: 0 areas
- 4.4: 0 areas
- 4.5: 1 area
- 4.6: 0 areas
- 4.7: 0 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 1 area
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Port Augusta — lower than 71% of areas.
| Port Augusta | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Rest of SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One-person households are common here, making up 33.1% of the total—well above the 25.6% national figure. This has risen 3.3 percentage points since 2011, while two-person homes are the most typical at 34.7%.
33.1% ▲ +10.9%
Higher than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 31.5%
- 2021: 33.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Port Augusta splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.4% of the total, which is well above both the state and national figures. This proportion has grown by 2.9 percentage points since 2011, while couples with children account for 46.2% of families.
22.4% ▲ +14.8%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Port Augusta, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (30%) and One-parent families (22%).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Port Augusta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA46090/port-augusta/topic/family-households