Portland West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 630 people in Portland West of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Portland West was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.8% of the population.

Of people in Portland West aged 15 years and over, 64.8% were married and 7.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Portland West was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Portland West, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Portland West was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Portland West 28.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.5% were in primary school, 34.4% in secondary school and 13.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Portland West were English 33.6%, Australian 31.7%, Scottish 10.6%, Irish 7.6% and German 5.7%.

In Portland West, 90.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.2%, New Zealand 1.4%, Netherlands 0.9%, Philippines 0.8% and Canada 0.5%.

In Portland West, 79.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Portland West were No Religion 23.3%, Catholic 18.5%, Anglican 14.4%, Uniting Church 13.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.7%.

In Portland West 95.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 0.5%, Hungarian 0.5%, Romanian 0.5% and Filipino 0.5%.

Employment

There were 371 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Portland West. Of these 51.2% were employed full time, 38.0% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Portland West, 17.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Portland West was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Portland West included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 16.5%, Professionals 14.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.2%, Managers 11.5%, Labourers 10.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.5% and Sales Workers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Portland West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 13.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.6%, School Education 5.6%, Hospitals 5.3% and Accommodation 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Portland West was $565.

In Portland West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.1%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Bus 1.7%, Truck 1.4% and Motorbike/scooter 1.4%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Portland West, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.2% provided care for children and 13.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 33.6% 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 West, 29.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Portland West, 49.2% were couple families with children, 42.7% were couple families without children and 8.1% were one parent families.

In Portland West 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Portland West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,236 and those without children was $2,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Portland West, of couple families with children, 18.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 35.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Portland West, 90.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Portland West, 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 Portland West, of occupied private dwellings 3.9% had 1 bedroom, 8.3% had 2 bedrooms and 41.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Portland West, 46.7% were owned outright, 41.5% were owned with a mortgage and 9.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Portland West, of all households, 80.3% were family households, 18.0% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Portland West, 21.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.6% 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 West, 18.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Portland West, 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 Portland West, 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 West, 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.