Port Noarlunga

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,632 people in Port Noarlunga of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Port Noarlunga was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.0% of the population.

Of people in Port Noarlunga aged 15 years and over, 43.0% were married and 16.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Port Noarlunga was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Port Noarlunga, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Port Noarlunga was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Port Noarlunga 24.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.2% were in primary school, 20.4% in secondary school and 18.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Port Noarlunga were English 38.0%, Australian 25.7%, Scottish 7.3%, Irish 6.0% and German 5.2%.

In Port Noarlunga, 66.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 17.4%, Scotland 2.3%, New Zealand 1.4%, Netherlands 1.3% and Germany 1.0%.

In Port Noarlunga, 47.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 38.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Port Noarlunga were No Religion 31.6%, Anglican 17.5%, Catholic 16.4%, Uniting Church 6.3% and Christian, nfd 4.9%.

In Port Noarlunga 91.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.9%, Mandarin 0.6%, Dutch 0.3%, Spanish 0.3% and Italian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,282 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Port Noarlunga. Of these 56.1% were employed full time, 32.3% were employed part-time and 6.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Port Noarlunga, 12.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Port Noarlunga was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Port Noarlunga included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.9%, Professionals 17.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Labourers 10.8%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Managers 8.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Port Noarlunga, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.1%, Hospitals 4.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Residential Care Services 3.0% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Port Noarlunga was $511.

In Port Noarlunga, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.0%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Train 2.4%, Walked only 2.2% and Truck 1.1%. On the day, 5.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Port Noarlunga, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.6% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.1% 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 Port Noarlunga, 29.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Port Noarlunga, 39.2% were couple families with children, 44.2% were couple families without children and 15.7% were one parent families.

In Port Noarlunga 29.4% of single parents were male and 70.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Port Noarlunga, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,918 and those without children was $1,814.

Employment status of couple families

In Port Noarlunga, of couple families with children, 19.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 19.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Port Noarlunga, 90.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Noarlunga, 79.7% were separate houses, 10.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Port Noarlunga, of occupied private dwellings 9.7% had 1 bedroom, 19.5% had 2 bedrooms and 47.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Noarlunga, 29.4% were owned outright, 37.3% were owned with a mortgage and 28.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Port Noarlunga, of all households, 62.0% were family households, 34.1% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Port Noarlunga, 30.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.4% 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 Noarlunga, 40.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Port Noarlunga, there were 32 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 46.9%) were male and 17 (or 53.1%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Noarlunga, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $571.

In Port Noarlunga, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,040.