Port Welshpool

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 179 people in Port Welshpool of these 52.0% were male and 48.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Port Welshpool was 61 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 7.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 39.1% of the population.

Of people in Port Welshpool aged 15 years and over, 45.5% were married and 21.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Port Welshpool was 64 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Port Welshpool, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Port Welshpool was 65 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 61 years.

In Port Welshpool 19.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.4% were in primary school, 14.7% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Port Welshpool were English 29.7%, Australian 26.5%, Irish 10.0%, Scottish 8.4% and German 4.0%.

In Port Welshpool, 79.2% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 5.6%, Scotland 3.9% and Thailand 2.2%.

In Port Welshpool, 76.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Port Welshpool were No Religion 26.7%, Catholic 23.3%, Anglican 17.8%, Uniting Church 11.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Port Welshpool 90.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.7%, Thai 1.7% and Auslan 1.7%.

Employment

There were 65 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Port Welshpool. Of these 63.1% were employed full time, 27.7% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Port Welshpool, 6.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Port Welshpool was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 54 years.

The most common occupations in Port Welshpool included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.3%, Professionals 14.8%, Labourers 14.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.5%, Managers 9.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8% and Sales Workers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Port Welshpool, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.6%, Accommodation 6.6%, Road Freight Transport 6.6%, Dairy Cattle Farming 4.9% and Building Completion Services 4.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Port Welshpool was $420.

In Port Welshpool, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 75.4%, Walked only 8.2% and Bus, car as driver 6.6%. On the day, 4.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Port Welshpool, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 13.1% provided care for children and 8.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.8% 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 Welshpool, 22.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Port Welshpool, 16.7% were couple families with children, 83.3% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Port Welshpool 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Port Welshpool, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,125 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Port Welshpool, of couple families with children, 20.9% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 7.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Port Welshpool, 41.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 58.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Welshpool, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Port Welshpool, of occupied private dwellings 11.6% had 1 bedroom, 19.8% had 2 bedrooms and 52.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 1.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Welshpool, 56.0% were owned outright, 32.1% were owned with a mortgage and 11.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Port Welshpool, of all households, 53.5% were family households, 46.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Port Welshpool, 52.1% 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 Welshpool, 47.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Port Welshpool, 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 Welshpool, 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 Welshpool, 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.