2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.4
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Augusta West · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Port Augusta West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Over 31% of people in Port Augusta West live on their own, which is well above the national figure. This makes it a place where single-person households are much more common than in most other areas. The area is mostly made up of small households and a high number of single-parent families.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 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 West — lower than 71% of areas.
| Port Augusta West | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5700, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
The typical home here has 2.3 people, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5. About 31.3% of residents live alone, a rate much higher than most other areas.
31.3% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 31.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Port Augusta West splits fairly evenly between 2 people (35%) and 1 person (31%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.3% of the total, which is well above the South Australian figure of 14.8%. Nearly half of all families are couples with children.
21.3% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Port Augusta West, the largest group is Couples with children at 48%, followed by Couples without children (29%) and One-parent families (21%).
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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41190/port-augusta-west/topic/family-households