Port Melbourne

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 14,521 people in Port Melbourne of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Port Melbourne was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.2% of the population.

Of people in Port Melbourne aged 15 years and over, 39.3% were married and 13.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Port Melbourne was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Port Melbourne, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Port Melbourne was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Port Melbourne 23.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.8% were in primary school, 12.0% in secondary school and 24.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Port Melbourne were English 25.0%, Australian 19.3%, Irish 9.3%, Scottish 7.7% and Greek 5.7%.

In Port Melbourne, 64.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.4%, New Zealand 2.8%, Greece 2.6%, United States of America 1.0% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.9%.

In Port Melbourne, 46.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Port Melbourne were No Religion 28.5%, Catholic 24.2%, Anglican 14.0%, Eastern Orthodox 8.7% and Uniting Church 2.9%.

In Port Melbourne 73.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 6.1%, Italian 1.6%, Mandarin 1.0%, Cantonese 0.8% and Russian 0.8%.

Employment

There were 8,672 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Port Melbourne. Of these 71.6% were employed full time, 19.5% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Port Melbourne, 6.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 62.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Port Melbourne was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Port Melbourne included Professionals 36.5%, Managers 23.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.9%, Sales Workers 8.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.2%, Labourers 2.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.5%.

Of the employed people in Port Melbourne, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 4.9%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.8%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.6%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.2% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Port Melbourne was $1,091.

In Port Melbourne, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 49.0%, Tram 14.1%, Walked only 6.3%, Bicycle 4.4% and Car, as passenger 3.9%. On the day, 20.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 53.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Port Melbourne, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.3% provided care for children and 9.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.9% 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 Melbourne, 27.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Port Melbourne, 32.0% were couple families with children, 53.3% were couple families without children and 12.6% were one parent families.

In Port Melbourne 15.7% of single parents were male and 84.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Port Melbourne, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,241 and those without children was $3,227.

Employment status of couple families

In Port Melbourne, of couple families with children, 33.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 17.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Port Melbourne, 86.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Melbourne, 10.4% were separate houses, 40.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 48.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Port Melbourne, of occupied private dwellings 15.4% had 1 bedroom, 42.3% had 2 bedrooms and 33.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.3. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Melbourne, 23.8% were owned outright, 27.1% were owned with a mortgage and 46.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Port Melbourne, of all households, 57.3% were family households, 35.7% were single person households and 7.0% were group households.

In Port Melbourne, 17.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 24.9% 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 Melbourne, 48.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Port Melbourne, there were 31 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 54.8%) were male and 14 (or 45.2%) were female. The median age was 46 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 Melbourne, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $533.

In Port Melbourne, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $83 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.