Port Campbell

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 618 people in Port Campbell of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Port Campbell was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.1% of the population.

Of people in Port Campbell aged 15 years and over, 48.5% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Port Campbell was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Port Campbell, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Port Campbell was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Port Campbell 33.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.0% were in primary school, 15.9% in secondary school and 15.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Port Campbell were Australian 28.9%, English 27.7%, Scottish 11.9%, Irish 10.8% and German 2.5%.

In Port Campbell, 83.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.1%, New Zealand 1.0%, England 0.8%, Italy 0.6% and Singapore 0.6%.

In Port Campbell, 81.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Port Campbell were No Religion 32.6%, Catholic 20.0%, Anglican 11.2%, Uniting Church 8.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.4%.

In Port Campbell 86.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Indonesian 1.1%, Dutch 1.0%, Afrikaans 0.6%, Greek 0.6% and Mandarin 0.6%.

Employment

There were 333 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Port Campbell. Of these 57.1% were employed full time, 35.7% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Port Campbell, 13.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Port Campbell was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Port Campbell included Managers 33.8%, Labourers 18.8%, Professionals 15.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.6%, Sales Workers 5.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.2%.

Of the employed people in Port Campbell, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 19.3%, Accommodation 10.6%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7% and School Education 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Port Campbell was $605.

In Port Campbell, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.0%, Walked only 9.0%, Car, as passenger 2.8%, Truck 2.2% and Other 1.2%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 53.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Port Campbell, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.4% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.4% 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 Campbell, 19.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Port Campbell, 53.8% were couple families with children, 33.1% were couple families without children and 11.0% were one parent families.

In Port Campbell 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Port Campbell, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,821 and those without children was $1,395.

Employment status of couple families

In Port Campbell, of couple families with children, 24.8% had both partners employed full-time, 5.6% had both employed part-time and 32.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Port Campbell, 59.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 40.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Campbell, 96.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.4% were flats, units or apartments and 1.9% were other dwellings.

In Port Campbell, of occupied private dwellings 1.4% had 1 bedroom, 11.0% had 2 bedrooms and 60.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Campbell, 43.6% were owned outright, 24.6% were owned with a mortgage and 28.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Port Campbell, of all households, 67.6% were family households, 29.0% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Port Campbell, 23.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.8% 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 Campbell, 27.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Port Campbell, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) 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 Campbell, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Port Campbell, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $4,333.