Port Elliot

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,967 people in Port Elliot of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Port Elliot was 55 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 34.2% of the population.

Of people in Port Elliot aged 15 years and over, 60.0% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Port Elliot was 64 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Port Elliot, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Port Elliot was 64 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Port Elliot 20.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.0% were in primary school, 23.8% in secondary school and 13.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Port Elliot were English 38.1%, Australian 27.8%, Scottish 8.8%, German 6.9% and Irish 6.0%.

In Port Elliot, 75.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 13.1%, Scotland 1.1%, Netherlands 0.9%, Germany 0.8% and New Zealand 0.8%.

In Port Elliot, 63.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Port Elliot were No Religion 30.7%, Anglican 18.7%, Uniting Church 13.3%, Catholic 9.9% and Lutheran 3.3%.

In Port Elliot 93.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.6%, Italian 0.6%, Greek 0.5%, Dutch 0.2% and Filipino 0.2%.

Employment

There were 745 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Port Elliot. Of these 41.9% were employed full time, 43.4% were employed part-time and 6.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Port Elliot, 18.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 31.7% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Port Elliot included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.4%, Professionals 15.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.6%, Labourers 13.5%, Managers 12.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 10.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Port Elliot, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.6%, School Education 4.5%, Pubs, Taverns and Bars 4.1%, Local Government Administration 3.5% and Residential Building Construction 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Port Elliot was $398.

In Port Elliot, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.7%, Walked only 4.9%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Truck 1.5% and Motorbike/scooter 0.7%. On the day, 0.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Port Elliot, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.0% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.2% 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 Elliot, 26.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 19.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Port Elliot, 25.8% were couple families with children, 61.7% were couple families without children and 11.5% were one parent families.

In Port Elliot 17.9% of single parents were male and 82.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Port Elliot, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,705 and those without children was $1,594.

Employment status of couple families

In Port Elliot, of couple families with children, 7.9% had both partners employed full-time, 6.4% had both employed part-time and 14.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Port Elliot, 56.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 43.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Elliot, 93.1% were separate houses, 3.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Port Elliot, of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 19.6% had 2 bedrooms and 57.7% 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 Elliot, 42.7% were owned outright, 24.0% were owned with a mortgage and 20.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Port Elliot, of all households, 70.5% were family households, 27.8% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Port Elliot, 36.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.3% 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 Port Elliot, 45.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Port Elliot, there were 19 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 36.8%) were male and 12 (or 63.2%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Elliot, 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 $574.

In Port Elliot, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $223 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $600.