Phillip Island

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,406 people in Phillip Island of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Phillip Island was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.9% of the population.

Of people in Phillip Island aged 15 years and over, 50.8% were married and 13.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Phillip Island was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Phillip Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Phillip Island was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Phillip Island 25.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.6% were in primary school, 22.0% in secondary school and 12.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Phillip Island were English 31.6%, Australian 28.3%, Irish 9.7%, Scottish 8.5% and German 2.8%.

In Phillip Island, 77.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.8%, New Zealand 1.7%, Scotland 0.8%, Italy 0.8% and Netherlands 0.7%.

In Phillip Island, 63.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Phillip Island were No Religion 32.5%, Catholic 19.4%, Anglican 17.8%, Uniting Church 5.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3%.

In Phillip Island 89.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.9%, Greek 0.5%, German 0.4%, Dutch 0.3% and Spanish 0.3%.

Employment

There were 4,149 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Phillip Island. Of these 52.2% were employed full time, 36.6% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Phillip Island, 14.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Phillip Island was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Phillip Island included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.5%, Professionals 15.4%, Managers 13.5%, Labourers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.1%, Sales Workers 10.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Phillip Island, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 6.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.9%, School Education 5.4%, Residential Building Construction 3.8% and Parks and Gardens Operations 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Phillip Island was $482.

In Phillip Island, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.8%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Walked only 4.3%, Bicycle 1.1% and Truck 1.0%. On the day, 1.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Phillip Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.0% 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, 22.4% 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 Phillip Island, 26.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Phillip Island, 34.6% were couple families with children, 49.5% were couple families without children and 15.1% were one parent families.

In Phillip Island 20.4% of single parents were male and 79.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Phillip Island, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,713 and those without children was $1,648.

Employment status of couple families

In Phillip Island, of couple families with children, 15.9% had both partners employed full-time, 5.8% had both employed part-time and 21.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Phillip Island, 36.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 63.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Phillip Island, 91.9% were separate houses, 4.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

In Phillip Island, of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 18.9% had 2 bedrooms and 51.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Phillip Island, 40.9% were owned outright, 29.5% were owned with a mortgage and 25.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Phillip Island, of all households, 66.6% were family households, 30.2% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Phillip Island, 34.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.0% 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 Phillip Island, 40.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Phillip Island, there were 43 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 24 (or 55.8%) were male and 19 (or 44.2%) were female. The median age was 32 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 Phillip Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $733.

In Phillip Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $210 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.