Port Hacking

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,223 people in Port Hacking of these 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Port Hacking was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.6% of the population.

Of people in Port Hacking aged 15 years and over, 61.2% were married and 5.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Port Hacking was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Port Hacking, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Port Hacking was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Port Hacking 31.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.3% were in primary school, 24.3% in secondary school and 20.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Port Hacking were English 30.6%, Australian 28.9%, Irish 8.0%, Scottish 7.1% and Greek 3.9%.

In Port Hacking, 82.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.2%, Greece 1.1%, Italy 1.1%, New Zealand 1.0% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.5%.

In Port Hacking, 61.4% 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 Port Hacking were Catholic 32.1%, Anglican 29.2%, No Religion 10.7%, Eastern Orthodox 6.9% and Uniting Church 5.5%.

In Port Hacking 88.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 3.3%, Italian 1.2%, Mandarin 0.7%, Spanish 0.7% and Ukrainian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 644 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Port Hacking. Of these 59.0% were employed full time, 32.6% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Port Hacking, 14.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Port Hacking was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Port Hacking included Professionals 25.8%, Managers 19.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.6%, Sales Workers 10.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.2% and Labourers 1.6%.

Of the employed people in Port Hacking, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8%, Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 3.4%, Air and Space Transport 3.0% and Building Installation Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Port Hacking was $802.

In Port Hacking, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.4%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Train, car as driver 3.0%, Train 2.9% and Truck 1.8%. On the day, 8.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Port Hacking, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.1% 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, 22.3% 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 Hacking, 27.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Port Hacking, 59.9% were couple families with children, 28.9% were couple families without children and 11.2% were one parent families.

In Port Hacking 38.2% of single parents were male and 61.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Port Hacking, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,954 and those without children was $2,542.

Employment status of couple families

In Port Hacking, of couple families with children, 20.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 28.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Port Hacking, 94.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Hacking, 95.3% were separate houses, 4.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Port Hacking, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 2.9% had 2 bedrooms and 33.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Hacking, 47.7% were owned outright, 42.0% were owned with a mortgage and 8.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Port Hacking, of all households, 86.5% were family households, 12.2% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Port Hacking, 11.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 31.0% 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 Port Hacking, 15.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 51.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Port Hacking, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 69 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 Hacking, 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 $500.

In Port Hacking, 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.