Port Albert

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 247 people in Port Albert of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Port Albert was 57 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 8.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.7% of the population.

Of people in Port Albert aged 15 years and over, 41.3% were married and 21.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Port Albert was 61 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Port Albert, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Port Albert was 62 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Port Albert 15.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.2% were in primary school, 21.1% in secondary school and 7.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Port Albert were English 33.2%, Australian 30.5%, Scottish 10.2%, Irish 9.3% and German 3.0%.

In Port Albert, 81.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, New Zealand 1.6%, Germany 1.2%, Hungary 1.2% and Netherlands 1.2%.

In Port Albert, 62.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Port Albert were Anglican 27.6%, No Religion 23.2%, Catholic 17.9%, Presbyterian and Reformed 9.3% and Uniting Church 3.7%.

In Port Albert 94.7% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 90 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Port Albert. Of these 55.6% were employed full time, 31.1% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Port Albert, 4.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Port Albert was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 58 years.

The most common occupations in Port Albert included Labourers 24.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 20.0%, Managers 14.1%, Professionals 10.6%, Sales Workers 8.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Port Albert, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.1%, Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 5.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.7% and Legal and Accounting Services 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Port Albert was $386.

In Port Albert, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 64.7%, Other 8.2%, Car, as passenger 7.1% and Walked only 3.5%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Port Albert, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 12.9% provided care for children and 9.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.1% 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 Albert, 28.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Port Albert, 19.4% were couple families with children, 65.7% were couple families without children and 14.9% were one parent families.

In Port Albert 42.9% of single parents were male and 57.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Port Albert, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $0 and those without children was $919.

Employment status of couple families

In Port Albert, of couple families with children, 6.9% had both partners employed full-time, 5.2% had both employed part-time and 13.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Port Albert, 51.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 48.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Albert, 86.4% were separate houses, 2.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.9% were flats, units or apartments and 2.5% were other dwellings.

In Port Albert, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 30.2% had 2 bedrooms and 46.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Albert, 49.6% were owned outright, 16.2% were owned with a mortgage and 29.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Port Albert, of all households, 54.6% were family households, 39.5% were single person households and 5.9% were group households.

In Port Albert, 49.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Albert, 44.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Port Albert, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Albert, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Port Albert, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.