What is the population of Port Augusta, South Australia?
The population of Port Augusta, South Australia, is 13,397. That makes Port Augusta around the same size as Colac, Mudgee, Port Hedland or Muswellbrook.
The population of Port Augusta, South Australia, is 13,397. That’s the Port Augusta population figure according the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The 13,397 population estimate is for the number of residents in the significant urban area as of June 2020.
Port Augusta population statistics
The significant urban area includes all suburbs, which is what most people would lump under the term ‘city’ rather than going by often rather bizarre local government areas.
Port Augusta is shrinking. Over the last ten years, the population of Port Augusta has dropped slightly.
Port Augusta is one of those crossroads towns that no-one really wants to visit, but a surprising number of people have to. At the top of the Spencer Gulf, the Stuart Highway and Eyre Highway meet here. If you’re driving from Adelaide to Port Lincoln at the bottom of the Eyre Peninsula, or driving across the country from Sydney to Perth, you pretty much have to pass through. The same applies if you’re going north from Adelaide to Alice Springs via Woomera and Coober Pedy.
A 309km drive from Adelaide, there are a few things to do in Port Augusta. But it’s somewhere to break a journey rather than a destination in its own right.
Port Augusta population comparisons
To compare to other Australian towns, the Port Augusta population is slightly smaller than that of Port Pirie, Broome, Port Hedland, Emerald or Ulverstone.
However, the population of Port Augusta is a little bit higher than that of Colac in Victoria, Mudgee and Muswellbrook in New South Wales or Esperance in Western Australia.
Port Augusta accommodation picks
Port Augusta accommodation tends towards the functional. Few people stay here more than one night. Booking site Wotif lists options for from $89, if you’d like to check what’s available.
However, these Port Augusta accommodation choices are particularly worth looking at:
- For heritage and character: Pampas Motel.
- For green credentials: Crossroads Ecomotel.
- For overall quality: Majestic Oasis Apartments.
- For cheap rates and a pool: Discovery Parks – Port Augusta.
Populations of Australian towns and cities
New South Wales: Armidale, Ballina, Bathurst, Coffs Harbour, Dubbo, Goulburn, Port Macquarie, Tamworth, Ulladulla, Wagga Wagga.
Northern Territory: Alice Springs.
Queensland: Cairns, Hervey Bay, Rockhampton, Toowoomba, Townsville.