Port Fairy

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,094 people in Port Fairy of these 46.1% were male and 53.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Port Fairy was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 25.4% of the population.

Of people in Port Fairy aged 15 years and over, 53.7% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Port Fairy was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Port Fairy, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.3% were in a de facto marriage.

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

In Port Fairy 25.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.2% were in primary school, 20.8% in secondary school and 12.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Port Fairy were English 30.3%, Australian 29.2%, Irish 15.4%, Scottish 9.1% and German 3.2%.

In Port Fairy, 87.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.6%, New Zealand 0.8%, Netherlands 0.5%, Germany 0.3% and Ireland 0.3%.

In Port Fairy, 82.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Port Fairy were Catholic 28.8%, No Religion 23.8%, Anglican 18.1%, Uniting Church 8.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.0%.

In Port Fairy 93.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 0.3%, German 0.2%, French 0.2%, Polish 0.2% and Greek 0.1%.

Employment

There were 1,414 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Port Fairy. Of these 53.5% were employed full time, 34.9% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Port Fairy, 14.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Port Fairy was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Port Fairy included Professionals 21.8%, Managers 18.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Labourers 10.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.6%, Sales Workers 7.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Port Fairy, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.8%, Accommodation 5.6%, School Education 5.2%, Residential Care Services 4.9% and Local Government Administration 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Port Fairy was $510.

In Port Fairy, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.5%, Walked only 6.6%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Bicycle 2.0% and Other 1.3%. 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 63.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Port Fairy, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.5% 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, 31.0% 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 Fairy, 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Port Fairy, 34.0% were couple families with children, 50.9% were couple families without children and 14.1% were one parent families.

In Port Fairy 14.8% of single parents were male and 85.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Port Fairy, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,826 and those without children was $1,773.

Employment status of couple families

In Port Fairy, of couple families with children, 16.9% had both partners employed full-time, 6.2% had both employed part-time and 22.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Port Fairy, 63.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 36.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Fairy, 89.7% were separate houses, 6.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.5% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

In Port Fairy, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 22.8% had 2 bedrooms and 50.5% 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 Port Fairy, 46.2% were owned outright, 26.3% were owned with a mortgage and 24.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Port Fairy, of all households, 66.0% were family households, 31.8% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Port Fairy, 32.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.7% 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 Fairy, 39.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Port Fairy, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 64.3%) were male and 5 (or 35.7%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Fairy, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,291.

In Port Fairy, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $243 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,214.