Port Pirie South

16.7% of Port Pirie South's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of SA.

1,073 family households lived in Port Pirie South; 33.5% were couple families and 21.3% were one-parent families.

33.6% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Port Pirie South had 3,878 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.2% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 88.3% of occupied private dwellings in Port Pirie South.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 10.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

37.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

34.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.4% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

The average household in Port Pirie South had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 33.6% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 35.8%, while 16.7% had four or more usual residents.

2.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

74.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.6% walked or cycled.

8.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

One-car households formed 38.1% of the total.

54.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.5% reported a different address.

7.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

90.3% of residents used only English at home.

5.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

7.6% of Port Pirie South's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.4% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 93.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.9% of ancestry responses in Port Pirie South.

Australian ancestry made up 44.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

15.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Managers accounted for 8.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.2% of workers, and education and training employed 10.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.1%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

30.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.2%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

53.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.7% reported asthma, 13.7% arthritis and 8.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of SA.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 51.6%.

Median household income was $1,145 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $975.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $200 per week.

Working from home was 2.3% in Port Pirie South, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 37.6% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 28.4% in Port Pirie South, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.