2.2 ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Pirie South · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Port Pirie South
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly half of all families in Port Pirie South are couples with children, making them the most common household type. However, the area also has a very high number of people living alone, which keeps the typical household size smaller than the national figure.
2.2
▼ -8.3%
- 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 Pirie South — lower than 76% of areas.
| Port Pirie South | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 5540, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 2.2 people live in the typical home, which is a little below the Australian figure of 2.5. This is partly because 33.6% of people live alone, a rate well above the national average of 25.6%.
33.6% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.7%
- 2016: 32.2%
- 2021: 33.6%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Port Pirie South splits fairly evenly between 2 people (36%) and 1 person (34%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 20.1% of the total, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia. Other family types include couples without children at 32.4% and couples with children at 46.3%.
20.1% ▲ +24.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Port Pirie South, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (32%) 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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41210/port-pirie-south/topic/family-households