Portland North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 671 people in Portland North of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Portland North was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.7% of the population.

Of people in Portland North aged 15 years and over, 55.8% were married and 10.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Portland North was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Portland North, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Portland North was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Portland North 28.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.7% were in primary school, 33.5% in secondary school and 17.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Portland North were English 31.9%, Australian 31.5%, Irish 10.0%, Scottish 8.1% and German 5.2%.

In Portland North, 87.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.2%, England 2.1%, United States of America 0.9%, Netherlands 0.7% and Scotland 0.7%.

In Portland North, 79.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Portland North were No Religion 32.0%, Catholic 14.1%, Anglican 12.6%, Uniting Church 9.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 7.4%.

In Portland North 95.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.7%, Cantonese 0.6% and Afrikaans 0.4%.

Employment

There were 372 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Portland North. Of these 56.7% were employed full time, 29.8% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Portland North, 13.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Portland North was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Portland North included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.4%, Professionals 15.0%, Labourers 14.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.6%, Managers 11.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.6%, Sales Workers 9.0% and Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2%.

Of the employed people in Portland North, the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 8.8%, School Education 5.9%, Structural Metal Product Manufacturing 5.4%, Hospitals 5.4% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Portland North was $566.

In Portland North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.4%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Walked only 2.0%, Other 1.1% and Bus 0.8%. 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 73.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Portland North, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.0% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.1% 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 Portland North, 30.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Portland North, 50.3% were couple families with children, 37.2% were couple families without children and 12.6% were one parent families.

In Portland North 17.4% of single parents were male and 82.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Portland North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,583 and those without children was $2,353.

Employment status of couple families

In Portland North, of couple families with children, 21.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 25.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Portland North, 89.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Portland North, 96.3% were separate houses, 1.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.2% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

In Portland North, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 7.9% had 2 bedrooms and 46.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Portland North, 34.4% were owned outright, 44.4% were owned with a mortgage and 18.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Portland North, of all households, 79.0% were family households, 18.9% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Portland North, 21.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.6% 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 Portland North, 17.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Portland North, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 37.5%) were male and 5 (or 62.5%) were female. The median age was 35 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 Portland North, 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 Portland North, 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.