Port Broughton (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 982 people in Port Broughton (L) of these 47.3% were male and 52.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Port Broughton (L) was 61 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 40.4% of the population.

Of people in Port Broughton (L) aged 15 years and over, 55.9% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Port Broughton (L) was 63 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Port Broughton (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 57.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Port Broughton (L) was 62 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Port Broughton (L) 17.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.3% were in primary school, 17.0% in secondary school and 7.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Port Broughton (L) were Australian 36.1%, English 35.8%, Scottish 6.6%, German 6.1% and Irish 5.8%.

In Port Broughton (L), 85.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.7%, New Zealand 0.9%, Germany 0.8%, Netherlands 0.4% and Austria 0.3%.

In Port Broughton (L), 80.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Port Broughton (L) were Uniting Church 35.0%, No Religion 21.1%, Catholic 14.0%, Anglican 12.1% and Lutheran 4.6%.

In Port Broughton (L) 95.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Bulgarian 0.3%, Vietnamese 0.3% and Filipino 0.3%.

Employment

There were 315 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Port Broughton (L). Of these 52.7% were employed full time, 37.8% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Port Broughton (L), 14.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Port Broughton (L) was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Port Broughton (L) included Managers 19.5%, Professionals 16.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.1%, Labourers 13.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.4% and Sales Workers 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Port Broughton (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 9.1%, School Education 8.7%, Residential Care Services 7.7%, Local Government Administration 4.7% and Pubs, Taverns and Bars 4.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Port Broughton (L) was $386.

In Port Broughton (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.2%, Walked only 13.1%, Car, as passenger 3.0%, Truck 3.0% and Other 3.0%. 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 57.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Port Broughton (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 62.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 16.7% provided care for children and 13.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.8% 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 Broughton (L), 23.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Port Broughton (L), 18.2% were couple families with children, 69.1% were couple families without children and 11.6% were one parent families.

In Port Broughton (L) 26.5% of single parents were male and 73.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Port Broughton (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,055 and those without children was $1,818.

Employment status of couple families

In Port Broughton (L), of couple families with children, 12.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.7% had both employed part-time and 13.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Port Broughton (L), 62.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 37.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Broughton (L), 89.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.7% were flats, units or apartments and 2.6% were other dwellings.

In Port Broughton (L), of occupied private dwellings 5.1% had 1 bedroom, 23.8% had 2 bedrooms and 54.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Broughton (L), 54.5% were owned outright, 18.1% were owned with a mortgage and 21.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Port Broughton (L), of all households, 60.5% were family households, 38.1% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Port Broughton (L), 47.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.3% 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 Broughton (L), 47.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Port Broughton (L), there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Broughton (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Port Broughton (L), 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.