Port Pirie West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,774 people in Port Pirie West of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Port Pirie West was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.8% of the population.

Of people in Port Pirie West aged 15 years and over, 34.4% were married and 17.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Port Pirie West was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Port Pirie West, of people aged 15 years and over, 34.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Port Pirie West was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Port Pirie West 27.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.8% were in primary school, 21.2% in secondary school and 8.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Port Pirie West were Australian 37.5%, English 32.7%, Irish 7.0%, German 4.8% and Scottish 4.4%.

In Port Pirie West, 86.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.2%, Philippines 0.9%, Scotland 0.6%, New Zealand 0.5% and Italy 0.4%.

In Port Pirie West, 79.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Port Pirie West were No Religion 36.1%, Catholic 19.7%, Anglican 9.9%, Uniting Church 8.6% and Lutheran 5.7%.

In Port Pirie West 92.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 0.8%, Italian 0.6%, Mandarin 0.3%, Urdu 0.3% and Tagalog 0.1%.

Employment

There were 960 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Port Pirie West. Of these 43.8% were employed full time, 35.6% were employed part-time and 13.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Port Pirie West, 15.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 33.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Port Pirie West was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Port Pirie West included Labourers 18.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.0%, Professionals 11.3%, Sales Workers 11.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.9% and Managers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Port Pirie West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 8.7%, Other Social Assistance Services 5.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.5% and Hospitals 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Port Pirie West was $361.

In Port Pirie West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.3%, Walked only 8.8%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Bicycle 2.4% and Motorbike/scooter 1.8%. On the day, 0.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Port Pirie West, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.4% provided care for children and 13.8% 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 Pirie West, 21.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Port Pirie West, 30.6% were couple families with children, 38.7% were couple families without children and 28.9% were one parent families.

In Port Pirie West 16.1% of single parents were male and 83.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Port Pirie West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,666 and those without children was $1,478.

Employment status of couple families

In Port Pirie West, of couple families with children, 7.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 14.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Port Pirie West, 87.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Pirie West, 84.6% were separate houses, 8.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Port Pirie West, of occupied private dwellings 6.0% had 1 bedroom, 20.1% had 2 bedrooms and 58.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Pirie West, 26.5% were owned outright, 29.5% were owned with a mortgage and 41.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Port Pirie West, of all households, 58.8% were family households, 38.3% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Port Pirie West, 49.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.7% 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 Pirie West, 48.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 20.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Port Pirie West, there were 114 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 61 (or 53.5%) were male and 53 (or 46.5%) were female. The median age was 13 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 West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $618.

In Port Pirie West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $152 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $783.