2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Pirie · Council (LGA)
Family & Households in Port Pirie
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of the population lives alone in Port Pirie, making it a place where single-person households are very common. This trend has grown since 2011 and contributes to a lower number of people living in each home compared to the national figure.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Pirie — lower than 86% of areas.
| Port Pirie | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| Rest of SA | 2.3 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.2 people, which is much lower than most areas. This is partly because 35.0% of people live alone, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages.
35.0% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 35.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Port Pirie splits fairly evenly between 1 person (35%) and 2 people (35%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 19.7% of the total, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This proportion has risen by 2.3 percentage points since 2011.
19.7% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Port Pirie, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (20%).
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 Pirie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA46450/port-pirie/topic/family-households