2.3 ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4
- 2016: 2.3
- 2021: 2.3
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Port Augusta · Urban Centre
Family & Households in Port Augusta
How families and households are made up across the area.
Well over 33% of people in Port Augusta live alone, a figure far higher than the national average. This reflects a general trend toward smaller living arrangements, as the typical number of people per home has edged down to 2.3 since 2011.
2.3
▼ -4.2%
- 1.2: 1 area
- 1.3: 0 areas
- 1.4: 0 areas
- 1.5: 3 areas
- 1.6: 3 areas
- 1.7: 18 areas
- 1.8: 37 areas
- 1.9: 87 areas
- 2.0: 173 areas
- 2.1: 203 areas
- 2.2: 204 areas
- 2.3: 216 areas
- 2.4: 164 areas
- 2.5: 136 areas
- 2.6: 109 areas
- 2.7: 94 areas
- 2.8: 81 areas
- 2.9: 65 areas
- 3.0: 52 areas
- 3.1: 36 areas
- 3.2: 16 areas
- 3.3: 18 areas
- 3.4: 9 areas
- 3.5: 11 areas
- 3.6: 5 areas
- 3.7: 7 areas
- 3.8: 5 areas
- 3.9: 11 areas
- 4.0: 9 areas
- 4.1: 2 areas
- 4.2: 6 areas
- 4.3: 4 areas
- 4.4: 6 areas
- 4.5: 5 areas
- 4.6: 4 areas
- 4.7: 3 areas
- 4.8: 1 area
- 4.9: 3 areas
- 5.0: 3 areas
- 5.1: 0 areas
- 5.2: 2 areas
- 5.3: 0 areas
- 5.4: 1 area
- 5.5: 1 area
- 5.6: 1 area
- 5.7: 2 areas
- 5.8: 0 areas
- 5.9: 1 area
- 6.0: 0 areas
- 6.1: 2 areas
All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Port Augusta — lower than 57% of areas.
| Port Augusta | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| 5700, SA | 2.2 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
One in three people here live by themselves, which is well above the South Australian figure. This high rate of single-person homes helps explain why the typical household size is a little below the national average.
33.9% ▲ +12.4%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.2%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 33.9%
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 (34%), with 3 people at 13%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
One-parent families make up 23.4% of the total, a figure that is much higher than most areas and well above the national average. This proportion has risen by 4.7 percentage points since 2011.
23.4% ▲ +24.9%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 19.6%
- 2021: 23.4%
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 46%, 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/ucl/UCL413003/port-augusta/topic/family-households