2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Augusta · Urban Area
Family & Households in Port Augusta
How families and households are made up across the area.
Couples with children make up the largest family group in Port Augusta, where 46.6% of families fall into this category. The area is marked by a high number of people living alone and a significant proportion of single-parent families. These trends reflect a shift toward smaller and more diverse household structures compared to the rest of the state.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 2.0: 2 areas
- 2.1: 1 area
- 2.2: 11 areas
- 2.3: 27 areas
- 2.4: 24 areas
- 2.5: 27 areas
- 2.6: 9 areas
- 2.7: 5 areas
- 2.8: 3 areas
- 2.9: 0 areas
- 3.0: 1 area
- 3.1: 0 areas
- 3.2: 0 areas
- 3.3: 1 area
All urban area areas, 2021. The marker is Port Augusta — lower than 86% of areas.
| Port Augusta | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5710, SA | 2.6 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Nearly 33% of people in Port Augusta live alone, a figure well above the national average that has risen since 2011. This helps explain why the typical home has only 2.3 people, which is lower than most other areas.
32.9% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 31.2%
- 2021: 32.9%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Port Augusta splits fairly evenly between 2 people (34%) and 1 person (33%), with 3 people at 14%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 22.7% of the total, which is well above the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country. This proportion has grown by 2.9 percentage points since 2011, placing the area among the highest for this family type.
22.7% ▲ +14.6%
Higher than 96% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 21.5%
- 2021: 22.7%
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 47%, followed by Couples without children (29%) and One-parent families (23%).
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/sua/4004/port-augusta/topic/family-households