Port Augusta

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 13,658 people in Port Augusta of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 17.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Port Augusta was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.9% of the population.

Of people in Port Augusta aged 15 years and over, 41.5% were married and 12.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Port Augusta was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Port Augusta, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Port Augusta was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Port Augusta 32.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.9% were in primary school, 16.1% in secondary school and 7.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Port Augusta were Australian 36.0%, English 26.5%, Irish 6.1%, German 5.2% and Scottish 4.7%.

In Port Augusta, 83.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.4%, Germany 0.5%, India 0.5%, New Zealand 0.4% and Italy 0.4%.

In Port Augusta, 81.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Port Augusta were No Religion 29.8%, Catholic 17.0%, Anglican 12.8%, Uniting Church 9.1% and Lutheran 4.8%.

In Port Augusta 84.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.5%, Adnymathanha 0.4%, Pitjantjatjara 0.3%, Hindi 0.3% and German 0.2%.

Employment

There were 5,945 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Port Augusta. Of these 59.3% were employed full time, 28.3% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Port Augusta, 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Port Augusta was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Port Augusta included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.7%, Professionals 14.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.7%, Labourers 11.7%, Sales Workers 9.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.1% and Managers 7.6%.

Of the employed people in Port Augusta, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.3%, Public Order and Safety Services 6.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.6%, Hospitals 4.4% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Port Augusta was $537.

In Port Augusta, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.5%, Car, as passenger 7.5%, Walked only 4.5%, Bus 1.0% and Truck 0.9%. On the day, 1.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Port Augusta, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.7% provided care for children and 10.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.1% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Port Augusta, 22.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Port Augusta, 38.8% were couple families with children, 39.1% were couple families without children and 20.3% were one parent families.

In Port Augusta 19.3% of single parents were male and 80.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Port Augusta, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,147 and those without children was $1,899.

Employment status of couple families

In Port Augusta, of couple families with children, 20.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 20.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Port Augusta, 87.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Augusta, 86.3% were separate houses, 8.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

In Port Augusta, of occupied private dwellings 3.1% had 1 bedroom, 14.3% had 2 bedrooms and 60.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Augusta, 29.9% were owned outright, 30.7% were owned with a mortgage and 36.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Port Augusta, of all households, 67.6% were family households, 29.8% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Port Augusta, 30.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.7% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Port Augusta, 36.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Port Augusta, there were 2,358 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 1,205 (or 51.1%) were male and 1,153 (or 48.9%) were female. The median age was 24 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Port Augusta, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $790.

In Port Augusta, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.