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

Owned outright 1,886Owned with a mortgage 1,813Rented 1,929Other 219

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

Local agents in Port Pirie

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Agencies that specialise in Port Pirie

Streets in Port Pirie

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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.

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Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.