Port Phillip (C)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 91,372 people in Port Phillip (C) of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Port Phillip (C) was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.1% of the population.

Of people in Port Phillip (C) aged 15 years and over, 31.2% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Port Phillip (C) was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Port Phillip (C), of people aged 15 years and over, 31.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Port Phillip (C) was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Port Phillip (C) 26.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 15.2% were in primary school, 9.6% in secondary school and 31.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Port Phillip (C) were English 23.3%, Australian 18.2%, Irish 10.2%, Scottish 7.5% and Italian 3.3%.

In Port Phillip (C), 60.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.9%, New Zealand 3.2%, India 2.1%, Greece 1.4% and Ireland 1.4%.

In Port Phillip (C), 43.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 42.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Port Phillip (C) were No Religion 33.5%, Catholic 20.8%, Anglican 10.7%, Eastern Orthodox 4.8% and Judaism 4.3%.

In Port Phillip (C) 72.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 3.2%, Russian 1.5%, Mandarin 1.5%, Italian 1.3% and French 0.9%.

Employment

There were 57,426 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Port Phillip (C). Of these 69.1% were employed full time, 21.9% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Port Phillip (C), 7.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Port Phillip (C) was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Port Phillip (C) included Professionals 38.7%, Managers 18.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.0%, Sales Workers 8.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.7%, Labourers 2.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.4%.

Of the employed people in Port Phillip (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.1%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.8%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.5% and Hospitals 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Port Phillip (C) was $985.

In Port Phillip (C), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 42.5%, Tram 15.8%, Walked only 7.3%, Train 5.2% and Bicycle 4.1%. On the day, 27.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 45.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Port Phillip (C), of people aged 15 years and over, 72.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.4% provided care for children and 8.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.2% 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 Phillip (C), 27.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Port Phillip (C), 29.8% were couple families with children, 55.2% were couple families without children and 11.7% were one parent families.

In Port Phillip (C) 18.3% of single parents were male and 81.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Port Phillip (C), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,178 and those without children was $2,753.

Employment status of couple families

In Port Phillip (C), of couple families with children, 35.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 19.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Port Phillip (C), 87.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Phillip (C), 15.5% were separate houses, 20.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 63.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Port Phillip (C), of occupied private dwellings 22.5% had 1 bedroom, 45.9% had 2 bedrooms and 22.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.1. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Phillip (C), 19.8% were owned outright, 24.3% were owned with a mortgage and 53.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Port Phillip (C), of all households, 50.1% were family households, 39.5% were single person households and 10.5% were group households.

In Port Phillip (C), 17.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.8% 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 Phillip (C), 50.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Port Phillip (C), there were 284 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 146 (or 51.4%) were male and 138 (or 48.6%) were female. The median age was 33 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 Phillip (C), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.9, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,213.

In Port Phillip (C), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $284 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,500.