Port Flinders

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 225 people in Port Flinders of these 55.1% were male and 44.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Port Flinders was 53 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.7% of the population.

Of people in Port Flinders aged 15 years and over, 56.4% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Port Flinders was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Port Flinders, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Port Flinders was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Port Flinders 25.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 13.8% were in primary school, 27.6% in secondary school and 12.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Port Flinders were Australian 34.0%, English 33.3%, Scottish 8.6%, Irish 8.2% and German 6.5%.

In Port Flinders, 85.8% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 6.7%, Croatia 1.3% and New Zealand 1.3%.

In Port Flinders, 76.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Port Flinders were No Religion 25.8%, Catholic 21.8%, Uniting Church 17.8%, Anglican 10.2% and Lutheran 4.9%.

In Port Flinders 93.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Croatian 1.3%, Slovak 1.3% and Arrernte, nec 1.3%.

Employment

There were 102 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Port Flinders. Of these 56.9% were employed full time, 31.4% were employed part-time and 2.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Port Flinders, 14.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Port Flinders was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Port Flinders included Managers 18.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.0%, Professionals 11.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.0%, Sales Workers 9.0% and Labourers 8.0%.

Of the employed people in Port Flinders, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.1%, State Government Administration 7.1%, Local Government Administration 7.1%, Legal and Accounting Services 5.1% and Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Port Flinders was $368.

In Port Flinders, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.7%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Other 3.0%, Train, car as driver 3.0% and Walked only 3.0%. On the day, 3.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Port Flinders, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.6% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 35.6% 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 Port Flinders, 26.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 21.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Port Flinders, 22.5% were couple families with children, 71.8% were couple families without children and 5.6% were one parent families.

In Port Flinders 37.5% of single parents were male and 62.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Port Flinders, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,750 and those without children was $1,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Port Flinders, of couple families with children, 10.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 16.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Port Flinders, 58.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 41.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Flinders, 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 Flinders, of occupied private dwellings 8.9% had 1 bedroom, 17.8% had 2 bedrooms and 47.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Flinders, 47.5% were owned outright, 30.3% were owned with a mortgage and 17.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Port Flinders, of all households, 75.5% were family households, 24.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Port Flinders, 37.5% 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 Flinders, 36.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Port Flinders, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 28.6%) were male and 10 (or 71.4%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Flinders, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Port Flinders, 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.