Point Vernon

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,691 people in Point Vernon of these 47.1% were male and 52.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Point Vernon was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.3% of the population.

Of people in Point Vernon aged 15 years and over, 53.3% were married and 14.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Point Vernon was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Point Vernon, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Point Vernon was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Point Vernon 26.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.2% were in primary school, 20.8% in secondary school and 13.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Point Vernon were Australian 31.8%, English 30.7%, Scottish 7.7%, Irish 7.4% and German 6.1%.

In Point Vernon, 78.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.3%, New Zealand 3.3%, Germany 1.0%, Scotland 0.6% and Netherlands 0.5%.

In Point Vernon, 68.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Point Vernon were Anglican 24.3%, No Religion 22.5%, Catholic 18.4%, Uniting Church 7.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6%.

In Point Vernon 92.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.7%, French 0.3%, Afrikaans 0.3%, Dutch 0.3% and Italian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,963 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Point Vernon. Of these 47.2% were employed full time, 34.2% were employed part-time and 12.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Point Vernon, 12.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Point Vernon was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Point Vernon included Professionals 18.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.3%, Sales Workers 11.4%, Labourers 11.3%, Managers 9.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Point Vernon, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.4%, Hospitals 5.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.0%, Residential Care Services 4.2% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Point Vernon was $391.

In Point Vernon, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.8%, Car, as passenger 6.7%, Walked only 2.1%, Motorbike/scooter 1.7% and Bicycle 1.1%. 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 74.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Point Vernon, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.3% provided care for children and 14.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.7% 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 Point Vernon, 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Point Vernon, 31.0% were couple families with children, 49.7% were couple families without children and 18.5% were one parent families.

In Point Vernon 14.1% of single parents were male and 85.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Point Vernon, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,809 and those without children was $1,716.

Employment status of couple families

In Point Vernon, of couple families with children, 10.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 12.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Point Vernon, 90.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Point Vernon, 94.9% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.7% were flats, units or apartments and 1.8% were other dwellings.

In Point Vernon, of occupied private dwellings 1.1% had 1 bedroom, 9.6% had 2 bedrooms and 51.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Point Vernon, 40.8% were owned outright, 24.6% were owned with a mortgage and 32.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Point Vernon, of all households, 75.1% were family households, 21.2% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Point Vernon, 36.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.2% 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 Point Vernon, 48.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Point Vernon, there were 187 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 94 (or 50.3%) were male and 93 (or 49.7%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Point Vernon, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $562.

In Point Vernon, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,356.