Port Macquarie

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 41,723 people in Port Macquarie of these 47.3% were male and 52.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Port Macquarie was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 25.3% of the population.

Of people in Port Macquarie aged 15 years and over, 50.8% were married and 15.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Port Macquarie was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Port Macquarie, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Port Macquarie was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Port Macquarie 26.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.3% were in primary school, 24.4% in secondary school and 15.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Port Macquarie were English 33.2%, Australian 31.7%, Irish 9.8%, Scottish 7.7% and German 3.0%.

In Port Macquarie, 82.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.0%, New Zealand 1.6%, Scotland 0.7%, Germany 0.5% and Netherlands 0.4%.

In Port Macquarie, 72.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Port Macquarie were Anglican 27.9%, Catholic 26.6%, No Religion 17.7%, Uniting Church 5.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.4%.

In Port Macquarie 93.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.3%, Italian 0.2%, Dutch 0.2%, French 0.1% and Cantonese 0.1%.

Employment

There were 17,315 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Port Macquarie. Of these 53.1% were employed full time, 34.7% were employed part-time and 6.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Port Macquarie, 13.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Port Macquarie was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Port Macquarie included Professionals 20.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.2%, Sales Workers 12.0%, Managers 11.4%, Labourers 8.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Port Macquarie, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.5%, Hospitals 4.4%, Electricity Distribution 4.0% and Residential Care Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Port Macquarie was $470.

In Port Macquarie, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.1%, Car, as passenger 7.0%, Walked only 3.9%, Truck 1.1% and Motorbike/scooter 1.0%. On the day, 0.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Port Macquarie, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.7% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.3% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Port Macquarie, 27.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Port Macquarie, 33.2% were couple families with children, 48.6% were couple families without children and 17.1% were one parent families.

In Port Macquarie 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Port Macquarie, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,012 and those without children was $1,702.

Employment status of couple families

In Port Macquarie, of couple families with children, 15.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 17.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Port Macquarie, 89.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Macquarie, 66.5% were separate houses, 16.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 14.6% were flats, units or apartments and 2.7% were other dwellings.

In Port Macquarie, of occupied private dwellings 4.3% had 1 bedroom, 23.3% had 2 bedrooms and 43.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Macquarie, 39.2% were owned outright, 25.8% were owned with a mortgage and 30.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Port Macquarie, of all households, 67.8% were family households, 29.5% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Port Macquarie, 33.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.1% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Port Macquarie, 44.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Port Macquarie, there were 1,286 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 632 (or 49.1%) were male and 654 (or 50.9%) were female. The median age was 19 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Port Macquarie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $872.

In Port Macquarie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $245 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.