Port Augusta

18.3% of Port Augusta's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

1,545 family households lived in Port Augusta; 30.9% were couple families and 25.4% were one-parent families.

37.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

Port Augusta had 6,437 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.3% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 74.4% of occupied private dwellings in Port Augusta.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 14.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 10.2% of occupied private dwellings.

31.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

24.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

44.7% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

The average household in Port Augusta had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 38.0% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 32.8%, while 16.8% had four or more usual residents.

1.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

67.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

2.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.9% walked or cycled.

14.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of SA rate.

One-car households formed 41.7% of the total.

43.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.2% reported a different address.

10.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

82.2% of residents used only English at home.

8.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

10.3% of Port Augusta's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.7% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

1.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 32.0% of ancestry responses in Port Augusta.

Australian ancestry made up 38.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

14.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Managers accounted for 7.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.4% of workers, and education and training employed 8.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.5%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

28.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.1%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

51.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.7% reported asthma, 11.0% arthritis and 8.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.8%.

Median household income was $1,092 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $979.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $194 per week.

Working from home was 1.7% in Port Augusta, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 31.2% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 44.7% in Port Augusta, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.