Port Augusta West

19.5% of Port Augusta West's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

1,040 family households lived in Port Augusta West; 35.7% were couple families and 20.9% were one-parent families.

39.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Port Augusta West had 4,046 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.1% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 79.4% of occupied private dwellings in Port Augusta West.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 5.6% 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.

27.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

41.5% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

The average household in Port Augusta West had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 31.3% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of SA.

Two-person households represented 35.0%, while 20.1% had four or more usual residents.

2.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

72.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.7% walked or cycled.

8.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

One-car households formed 36.4% of the total.

55.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.8% reported a different address.

8.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

84.7% of residents used only English at home.

6.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

8.5% of Port Augusta West's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.5% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

2.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 35.7% of ancestry responses in Port Augusta West.

Australian ancestry made up 40.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

16.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

Managers accounted for 9.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.0% of workers, and education and training employed 11.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.5%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

32.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.7%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

53.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.3% reported asthma, 10.6% arthritis and 7.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of SA.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.4%.

Median household income was $1,396 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,279.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $213 per week.

Working from home was 2.0% in Port Augusta West, 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 41.5% in Port Augusta West, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.