2.0 ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2
- 2016: 2.1
- 2021: 2.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Pirie West · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Port Pirie West
How families and households are made up across the area.
Almost half of all homes in Port Pirie West are occupied by just one person. This makes the area stand out for its small household sizes, where a typical home holds only 2.0 people, well below the national figure of 2.5.
2.0
▼ -9.1%
- 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 West — lower than 86% of areas.
| Port Pirie West | 2.0 |
|---|---|
| 5540, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Living alone is very common here, with 44.1% of households consisting of one person. This is far above the 25.6% seen across Australia and helps explain why the area has much lower occupancy per home than most others.
44.1% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.3%
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 44.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Port Pirie West, the largest group is 1 person at 44%, followed by 2 people (31%) and 3 people (12%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Single parenthood is notably high in Port Pirie West, where 31.0% of families are one-parent homes. This is far above both the state (14.8%) and national (14.1%) figures.
31.0% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 31.4%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Port Pirie West, the largest group is Couples with children at 38%, followed by One-parent families (31%) and Couples without children (28%).
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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41211/port-pirie-west/topic/family-households