Port Germein

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 295 people in Port Germein of these 52.5% were male and 47.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Port Germein was 52 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 27.9% of the population.

Of people in Port Germein aged 15 years and over, 51.9% were married and 17.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Port Germein was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Port Germein, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.0% 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 Port Germein was 62 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Port Germein 21.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 19.4% were in primary school, 35.5% in secondary school and 9.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Port Germein were English 33.3%, Australian 27.7%, Scottish 12.8%, German 6.4% and Irish 5.1%.

In Port Germein, 79.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.8%, Germany 1.4%, Netherlands 1.4%, Canada 1.0% and Northern Ireland 1.0%.

In Port Germein, 66.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Port Germein were No Religion 24.1%, Catholic 18.3%, Uniting Church 14.6%, Anglican 14.2% and Lutheran 4.7%.

In Port Germein 93.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Norwegian 1.4% and Polish 1.4%.

Employment

There were 115 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Port Germein. Of these 52.2% were employed full time, 31.3% were employed part-time and 9.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Port Germein, 20.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.0% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Port Germein included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 17.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.0%, Labourers 16.0%, Managers 13.2%, Professionals 6.6%, Sales Workers 5.7% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Port Germein, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Social Assistance Services 6.7%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 4.8%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 3.8%, Other Construction Services 3.8% and Accommodation 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Port Germein was $340.

In Port Germein, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.9%, Walked only 6.7%, Car, as passenger 3.8%, Car as driver, truck 3.8% and Other 2.9%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Port Germein, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 17.4% provided care for children and 9.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.2% 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 Germein, 21.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Port Germein, 25.3% were couple families with children, 60.4% were couple families without children and 14.3% were one parent families.

In Port Germein 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

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

Employment status of couple families

In Port Germein, of couple families with children, 3.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 12.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Port Germein, 63.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 36.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Germein, 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 Germein, of occupied private dwellings 4.6% had 1 bedroom, 22.3% had 2 bedrooms and 53.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Germein, 54.6% were owned outright, 23.1% were owned with a mortgage and 16.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Port Germein, of all households, 67.4% were family households, 29.5% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Port Germein, 41.8% 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 Germein, 31.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Port Germein, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 57.1%) were male and 6 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 44 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 Germein, 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 $500.

In Port Germein, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $765 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.