Port Lincoln

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 15,221 people in Port Lincoln of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Port Lincoln was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.3% of the population.

Of people in Port Lincoln aged 15 years and over, 46.7% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Port Lincoln was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Port Lincoln, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Port Lincoln was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Port Lincoln 28.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.3% were in primary school, 21.6% in secondary school and 11.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Port Lincoln were Australian 33.3%, English 30.3%, German 7.0%, Scottish 6.4% and Irish 6.0%.

In Port Lincoln, 86.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.8%, New Zealand 0.8%, Germany 0.6%, Scotland 0.5% and Philippines 0.5%.

In Port Lincoln, 77.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Port Lincoln were No Religion 30.2%, Catholic 18.5%, Anglican 11.7%, Uniting Church 11.5% and Lutheran 7.3%.

In Port Lincoln 92.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Croatian 0.6%, Italian 0.4%, German 0.2%, Greek 0.2% and Afrikaans 0.2%.

Employment

There were 7,344 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Port Lincoln. Of these 54.2% were employed full time, 33.1% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Port Lincoln, 11.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Port Lincoln was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Port Lincoln included Labourers 15.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.5%, Professionals 15.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Managers 11.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.8%, Sales Workers 10.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Port Lincoln, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.5%, Aquaculture 3.6%, Residential Building Construction 3.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.7% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Port Lincoln was $529.

In Port Lincoln, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.5%, Car, as passenger 6.6%, Walked only 3.7%, Other 0.9% and Motorbike/scooter 0.7%. On the day, 0.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Port Lincoln, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.5% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.8% 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 Lincoln, 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Port Lincoln, 39.3% were couple families with children, 41.5% were couple families without children and 17.9% were one parent families.

In Port Lincoln 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Port Lincoln, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,921 and those without children was $1,798.

Employment status of couple families

In Port Lincoln, of couple families with children, 18.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 24.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Port Lincoln, 87.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Lincoln, 77.0% were separate houses, 14.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

In Port Lincoln, of occupied private dwellings 3.7% had 1 bedroom, 18.7% had 2 bedrooms and 54.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Lincoln, 28.8% were owned outright, 32.5% were owned with a mortgage and 34.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Port Lincoln, of all households, 68.4% were family households, 28.4% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Port Lincoln, 30.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.4% 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 Lincoln, 35.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Port Lincoln, there were 824 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 403 (or 48.9%) were male and 421 (or 51.1%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Lincoln, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $772.

In Port Lincoln, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $170 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,105.