Port Augusta West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,153 people in Port Augusta West of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 15.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Port Augusta West was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.9% of the population.

Of people in Port Augusta West aged 15 years and over, 43.3% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Port Augusta West was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Port Augusta West, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Port Augusta West was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Port Augusta West 29.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.2% were in primary school, 19.7% in secondary school and 8.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Port Augusta West were Australian 38.2%, English 27.6%, Irish 6.7%, Scottish 5.0% and German 5.0%.

In Port Augusta West, 85.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.6%, India 0.9%, New Zealand 0.9%, Netherlands 0.4% and Scotland 0.3%.

In Port Augusta West, 80.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Port Augusta West were No Religion 28.8%, Catholic 19.7%, Anglican 16.0%, Uniting Church 9.7% and Lutheran 3.6%.

In Port Augusta West 89.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hindi 0.5%, Italian 0.5%, Pitjantjatjara 0.4%, Punjabi 0.3% and Adnymathanha 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,987 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Port Augusta West. Of these 60.0% were employed full time, 28.1% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Port Augusta West, 10.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Port Augusta West was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Port Augusta West included Professionals 16.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Labourers 11.5%, Managers 9.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.8% and Sales Workers 8.3%.

Of the employed people in Port Augusta West, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.7%, Public Order and Safety Services 6.3%, Hospitals 4.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Port Augusta West was $570.

In Port Augusta West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.1%, Car, as passenger 7.2%, Walked only 4.1%, Bus 1.2% and Bicycle 1.0%. On the day, 1.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Port Augusta West, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.5% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.1% 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 West, 25.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Port Augusta West, 41.6% were couple families with children, 37.5% were couple families without children and 19.8% were one parent families.

In Port Augusta West 15.9% of single parents were male and 84.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Port Augusta West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,266 and those without children was $1,941.

Employment status of couple families

In Port Augusta West, of couple families with children, 23.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 22.8% 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 West, 90.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Augusta West, 79.4% were separate houses, 16.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.7% were flats, units or apartments and 2.1% were other dwellings.

In Port Augusta West, of occupied private dwellings 3.7% had 1 bedroom, 7.7% had 2 bedrooms and 67.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Augusta West, 27.2% were owned outright, 29.2% were owned with a mortgage and 40.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Port Augusta West, of all households, 68.0% were family households, 29.2% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Port Augusta West, 28.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.0% 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 West, 35.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Port Augusta West, there were 623 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 276 (or 44.3%) were male and 347 (or 55.7%) were female. The median age was 19 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 West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $657.

In Port Augusta West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $159 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,094.