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South Australia · SA2 406021142

What's going on in Port Augusta

Population 13,515 · open in Google Maps ↗ · compare with another suburb

Top rank

#3 of 165 in South Australia

for % Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (20.8%)

Rank 2

#11 of 165 in South Australia

for % single-parent families (22.7%)

Rank 3

#15 of 165 in South Australia

for % of adults with no post-school qualification (62.0%)

The three dimensions where Port Augusta picks up its best ranks, state or national whichever is sharper.

Snapshot

Five fixed dimensions covered for every SA2. Rank shown is whichever of state or national gives the lower number — i.e. the most "top X" framing.

Median household income (weekly)
$1,277 / week
#115 of 165 in South Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Median age
38 years
#136 of 165 in South Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

% of households renting
38.0%
#20 of 165 in South Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Unemployment rate
6.5%
#28 of 165 in South Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Average persons per bedroom
0.70
#145 of 165 in South Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Walk the ranking

Port Augusta's sharpest rank is for % Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. These are the places sitting either side of it nationally — each one carries its own neighbours, so the walk keeps going.

↑ #59 · one rank above Flynn (NT) Northern Territory ↓ #61 · one rank below Smithton Tasmania

Next door

Boundary: ABS ASGS Edition 3 (2021) SA2. Each source row links to a plain-language summary on About and to the data provider's portal — never a direct download.