Port Noarlunga

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,551 people were counted in Port Noarlunga: of these 48.1% were male and 51.9% were female. Of the total population 0.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Port Noarlunga there were 402 children aged 0-14 years and 818 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Port Noarlunga, 2,243 people were Australian citizens, 807 were born overseas and 9 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Port Noarlunga, 48.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 14.0% were separated or divorced, 11.0% were widowed and 26.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Port Noarlunga, 65.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Port Noarlunga were England 21.1%, Scotland 1.9%, Netherlands 1.5%, Germany 1.0% and New Zealand 0.9%.

Of all people counted in Port Noarlunga on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 27.6%, Anglican 19.8%, Catholic 16.2%, Uniting Church 8.0% and Baptist 3.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Port Noarlunga, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Netherlandic 0.9%, Italian 0.7%, German 0.7%, Greek 0.4% and Cantonese 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,133 people aged 15 years and over in Port Noarlunga were in the labour force. Of these 52.4% worked full-time, 35.4% worked part-time, 1.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 10.3% were unemployed. 966 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Port Noarlunga, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.4%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.9%, Professionals 7.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.8%, Associate Professionals 5.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.3%, Managers and Administrators 2.7% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Port Noarlunga, the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 3.9%, Health Services 3.9%, Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 3.8%, Business Services 3.6% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.8%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Port Noarlunga, 710 families were counted: of these, 44.2% were couple families without children, 39.2% were couple families with children, 15.6% were one parent families and 1.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Port Noarlunga, 1,069 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Port Noarlunga, 80.2% were separate houses, 8.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Port Noarlunga, 40.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 32.8% were being purchased and 22.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Port Noarlunga, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 24.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 16.9% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 55.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Port Noarlunga, 65.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 30.2% were single (or lone) person households and 3.6% were group households.