Port Pirie

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 13,819 people in Port Pirie of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Port Pirie was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.1% of the population.

Of people in Port Pirie aged 15 years and over, 44.5% were married and 12.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Port Pirie was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Port Pirie, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Port Pirie was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Port Pirie 27.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.4% were in primary school, 24.4% in secondary school and 8.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Port Pirie were Australian 35.2%, English 30.5%, Irish 6.5%, German 5.6% and Scottish 5.1%.

In Port Pirie, 87.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, Italy 0.9%, Scotland 0.5%, Philippines 0.4% and New Zealand 0.3%.

In Port Pirie, 79.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Port Pirie were No Religion 28.3%, Catholic 26.7%, Uniting Church 11.8%, Anglican 9.4% and Lutheran 5.1%.

In Port Pirie 92.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.7%, Greek 0.7%, Urdu 0.1%, Tagalog 0.1% and German 0.1%.

Employment

There were 5,585 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Port Pirie. Of these 52.4% were employed full time, 33.2% were employed part-time and 8.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Port Pirie, 13.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Port Pirie was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Port Pirie included Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Professionals 12.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.8%, Labourers 12.7%, Sales Workers 12.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.2% and Managers 7.8%.

Of the employed people in Port Pirie, the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 10.3%, School Education 5.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.0%, Hospitals 4.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Port Pirie was $394.

In Port Pirie, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.9%, Car, as passenger 6.7%, Walked only 4.3%, Bicycle 1.6% and Motorbike/scooter 0.7%. 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 73.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Port Pirie, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.4% 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, 18.9% 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, 23.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Port Pirie, 36.9% were couple families with children, 41.5% were couple families without children and 20.2% were one parent families.

In Port Pirie 16.9% of single parents were male and 83.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Port Pirie, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,008 and those without children was $1,773.

Employment status of couple families

In Port Pirie, of couple families with children, 13.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 21.5% 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, 89.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Pirie, 81.6% were separate houses, 11.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

In Port Pirie, of occupied private dwellings 4.2% had 1 bedroom, 14.9% had 2 bedrooms and 61.4% 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, 32.3% were owned outright, 30.8% were owned with a mortgage and 33.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Port Pirie, of all households, 64.2% were family households, 33.7% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Port Pirie, 41.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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, 41.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Port Pirie, there were 445 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 205 (or 46.1%) were male and 240 (or 53.9%) 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 Pirie, 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 $680.

In Port Pirie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $152 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $758.