2.2 ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 94% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.3
- 2016: 2.2
- 2021: 2.2
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Pirie · Urban Area
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 2011, as the typical household size has edged down to 2.2 people. This trend has made the area stand out, with a high number of single-person homes and a significant rise in one-parent families.
2.2
▼ -4.3%
- 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 Pirie — lower than 94% of areas.
| Port Pirie | 2.2 |
|---|---|
| 5540, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
About 36.3% of residents live alone, which is far above the national figure of 25.6%. Because of this, the typical home in Port Pirie has 2.2 people, which is much lower than most other areas.
36.3% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 33.4%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 36.3%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Port Pirie splits fairly evenly between 1 person (36%) and 2 people (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 21.7% of the total, a figure that is well above both the state and national averages. This proportion has risen by 2.5 percentage points since 2011.
21.7% ▲ +13.3%
Higher than 93% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Port Pirie, the largest group is Couples with children at 46%, followed by Couples without children (31%) and One-parent families (22%).
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/sua/4006/port-pirie/topic/family-households