Suburb profile
Port Pirie SA 5540
Port Pirie is located in the Barossa, Yorke and Mid North region of South Australia, postcode 5540. It has 563 properties across 15 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Port Pirie, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Port Pirie
Port Pirie, SA 5540, sits in the Barossa, Yorke and Mid North region and neighbours Port Pirie South, Port Pirie West, Risdon Park and Solomontown. Its 15 streets hold 563 properties, 423 of them houses and 140 units.
At the 2021 Census Port Pirie had 13,896 residents, a median age of 43 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $1,044 a week, the median mortgage repayment $951 a month and the median rent $185 a week. Of 5,847 dwellings, 4,885 were separate houses, 818 semi-detached, 106 flats and 18 other; 1,886 were owned outright, 1,813 owned with a mortgage and 1,929 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Port Pirie
- 13,896Peoplelive in the area
- 43Median ageyears
- $1,044Median household incomea week
- $185Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses4,885
- Townhouses and semis818
- Flats and apartments106
- Other18
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$951a month
- Household size2.2people on average
How homes are held
Schools in Port Pirie
Airdale Primary School
GovernmentPrimary
Mid North Christian College
IndependentPrimary and secondary
Port Pirie West Primary School
GovernmentPrimary
Risdon Park Primary School
GovernmentPrimary
Solomontown Primary School
GovernmentPrimary
St Mark's College - Benedict Campus
CatholicPrimary and secondary
St Mark's College - Bosco Campus
CatholicPrimary and secondary
John Pirie Secondary School
GovernmentSecondary
Mid North Christian College
IndependentPrimary and secondary
St Mark's College - Benedict Campus
CatholicPrimary and secondary
St Mark's College - Bosco Campus
CatholicPrimary and secondary
Mid North Education Centre
GovernmentSpecial
Local agents in Port Pirie


Craig Costello
Property Consultant Harris Real Estate Kent Town
Property Consultant Harris Real Estate
Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 36
- Median sold price
- $435k
- Median days on market
- 23
Agencies that specialise in Port Pirie
Streets in Port Pirie
- Albert Terrace3 properties
- Alexander Street73 properties
- Alpha Terrace2 properties
- David Street41 properties
- Ellen Street161 properties
- Florence Street130 properties
- George Street4 properties
- Gertrude Street51 properties
- Goodfellow Street2 properties
- Main Road18 properties
- Mary Elie Street27 properties
- Norman Street28 properties
- The Terrace19 properties
- Three Chain Road3 properties
- Wandearah Road1 property
Neighbouring suburbs
Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.
Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.
School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.