2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Augusta · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Port Augusta
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a third of homes in Port Augusta are occupied by just one person. This high number of single-person households means the typical home is smaller than those in most other areas, with fewer people living under one roof on average.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Port Augusta — lower than 76% of areas.
| Port Augusta | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 5700, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Single-person households make up 38% of the total, a figure far above the national rate of 25.6%. Because so many people live alone, Port Augusta has only 2.2 people per home, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 2.4.
38.0% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 36.8%
- 2021: 38.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Port Augusta, the largest group is 1 person at 38%, followed by 2 people (33%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 26.2% of the total, which is among the highest for similar areas and far above the 14.1% national average. Other family types include couples with children at 42.5% and couples without children at 29%.
26.2% ▲ +18.8%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.0%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 26.2%
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 43%, followed by Couples without children (29%) and One-parent families (26%).
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/sal/SAL41189/port-augusta/topic/family-households