1.4 ▼ -22.2%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8
- 2016: 1.4
- 2021: 1.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Pirie · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Port Pirie
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people are living alone in Port Pirie than in almost any other similar area. This shift has created a distinct living pattern where the typical home is very small, with only 1.4 people per household. This is far below the Australian figure of 2.5.
1.4
▼ -22.2%
- 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 Pirie — lower than 99% of areas.
| Port Pirie | 1.4 |
|---|---|
| 5540, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
A huge 75.6% of homes in Port Pirie are occupied by a single person, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Because so many people live alone, the area has one of the lowest numbers of people per home in the country.
75.6% ▲ +53.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.2%
- 2016: 56.1%
- 2021: 75.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Port Pirie, 1 person is the majority at 65%; 2 people is next at 25%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 45% of the total, a figure far above the 14.1% seen across Australia. This is among the highest proportions for any similar area.
45.0% ▲ +63.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 45.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Port Pirie, the largest group is One-parent families at 43%, followed by Couples with children (29%) and Couples without children (29%).
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/sal/SAL41209/port-pirie/topic/family-households