Port Pirie City and Dists (M)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 17,333 people in Port Pirie City and Dists (M) of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Port Pirie City and Dists (M) was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.9% of the population.

Of people in Port Pirie City and Dists (M) aged 15 years and over, 47.0% were married and 12.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Port Pirie City and Dists (M) was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Port Pirie City and Dists (M), of people aged 15 years and over, 48.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Port Pirie City and Dists (M) was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Port Pirie City and Dists (M) 27.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.8% were in primary school, 24.5% in secondary school and 8.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Port Pirie City and Dists (M) were Australian 36.0%, English 30.4%, Irish 6.6%, German 6.0% and Scottish 5.3%.

In Port Pirie City and Dists (M), 88.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.6%, Italy 0.8%, Scotland 0.5%, Netherlands 0.4% and New Zealand 0.4%.

In Port Pirie City and Dists (M), 80.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Port Pirie City and Dists (M) were No Religion 27.5%, Catholic 25.7%, Uniting Church 13.8%, Anglican 9.4% and Lutheran 5.4%.

In Port Pirie City and Dists (M) 92.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.3%, Greek 0.7%, Romanian 0.2%, German 0.2% and Tagalog 0.1%.

Employment

There were 7,153 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Port Pirie City and Dists (M). Of these 53.6% were employed full time, 32.7% were employed part-time and 7.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Port Pirie City and Dists (M), 13.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Port Pirie City and Dists (M) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Port Pirie City and Dists (M) included Technicians and Trades Workers 14.9%, Professionals 13.0%, Labourers 12.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.7%, Sales Workers 11.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.2% and Managers 10.9%.

Of the employed people in Port Pirie City and Dists (M), the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 9.1%, School Education 6.1%, Hospitals 4.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Port Pirie City and Dists (M) was $404.

In Port Pirie City and Dists (M), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.6%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Walked only 4.6%, Bicycle 1.4% and Truck 0.9%. On the day, 0.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Port Pirie City and Dists (M), of people aged 15 years and over, 66.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.6% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.4% 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 Pirie City and Dists (M), 23.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Port Pirie City and Dists (M), 37.2% were couple families with children, 43.2% were couple families without children and 18.4% were one parent families.

In Port Pirie City and Dists (M) 18.2% of single parents were male and 81.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Port Pirie City and Dists (M), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,005 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Port Pirie City and Dists (M), of couple families with children, 14.5% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 21.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Port Pirie City and Dists (M), 88.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Pirie City and Dists (M), 84.6% were separate houses, 9.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

In Port Pirie City and Dists (M), of occupied private dwellings 3.8% had 1 bedroom, 14.5% had 2 bedrooms and 60.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Pirie City and Dists (M), 35.0% were owned outright, 31.4% were owned with a mortgage and 30.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Port Pirie City and Dists (M), of all households, 66.1% were family households, 31.9% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Port Pirie City and Dists (M), 39.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.5% 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 Pirie City and Dists (M), 38.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Port Pirie City and Dists (M), there were 505 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 238 (or 47.1%) were male and 267 (or 52.9%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Pirie City and Dists (M), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $639.

In Port Pirie City and Dists (M), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $758.