Victor Harbor

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 13,411 people in Victor Harbor of these 47.2% were male and 52.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Victor Harbor was 56 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 35.3% of the population.

Of people in Victor Harbor aged 15 years and over, 57.7% were married and 12.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Victor Harbor was 64 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Victor Harbor, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Victor Harbor was 63 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Victor Harbor 22.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.4% were in primary school, 18.9% in secondary school and 11.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Victor Harbor were English 38.1%, Australian 28.3%, Scottish 7.5%, German 6.0% and Irish 5.9%.

In Victor Harbor, 74.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 12.0%, Scotland 1.1%, Germany 1.0%, New Zealand 0.8% and Netherlands 0.6%.

In Victor Harbor, 65.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Victor Harbor were No Religion 26.4%, Anglican 17.3%, Uniting Church 13.5%, Catholic 9.9% and Lutheran 4.2%.

In Victor Harbor 91.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, Dutch 0.3%, Italian 0.3%, Greek 0.2% and Polish 0.1%.

Employment

There were 4,726 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Victor Harbor. Of these 44.5% were employed full time, 40.9% were employed part-time and 7.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Victor Harbor, 16.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Victor Harbor was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Victor Harbor included Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Professionals 14.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.0%, Sales Workers 13.2%, Labourers 12.1%, Managers 11.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Victor Harbor, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.6%, School Education 5.2%, Residential Care Services 4.6%, Residential Building Construction 3.3% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Victor Harbor was $406.

In Victor Harbor, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.0%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Walked only 4.1%, Bicycle 0.9% and Truck 0.7%. On the day, 0.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Victor Harbor, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.5% provided care for children and 13.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.6% 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 Victor Harbor, 25.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Victor Harbor, 24.4% were couple families with children, 62.4% were couple families without children and 12.3% were one parent families.

In Victor Harbor 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Victor Harbor, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,694 and those without children was $1,491.

Employment status of couple families

In Victor Harbor, of couple families with children, 8.2% had both partners employed full-time, 5.6% had both employed part-time and 14.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Victor Harbor, 70.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 29.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Victor Harbor, 88.0% were separate houses, 7.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Victor Harbor, of occupied private dwellings 2.2% had 1 bedroom, 23.3% had 2 bedrooms and 51.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Victor Harbor, 47.1% were owned outright, 24.3% were owned with a mortgage and 22.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Victor Harbor, of all households, 67.6% were family households, 30.5% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Victor Harbor, 38.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.3% 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 Victor Harbor, 45.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Victor Harbor, there were 147 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 68 (or 46.3%) were male and 79 (or 53.7%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Victor Harbor, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,199.

In Victor Harbor, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,200.