Port Hughes

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 456 people in Port Hughes of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Port Hughes was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.6% of the population.

Of people in Port Hughes aged 15 years and over, 68.4% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Port Hughes was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Port Hughes, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Port Hughes was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Port Hughes 20.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.0% were in primary school, 29.8% in secondary school and 6.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Port Hughes were Australian 34.4%, English 30.6%, German 7.8%, Scottish 7.3% and Irish 4.7%.

In Port Hughes, 82.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.9%, Italy 1.5%, Germany 1.3%, India 1.3% and New Zealand 0.9%.

In Port Hughes, 71.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Port Hughes were No Religion 26.4%, Uniting Church 22.0%, Catholic 16.9%, Anglican 15.8% and Lutheran 3.7%.

In Port Hughes 92.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 2.0% and Thai 0.9%.

Employment

There were 177 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Port Hughes. Of these 48.0% were employed full time, 33.9% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Port Hughes, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Port Hughes was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Port Hughes included Managers 17.2%, Labourers 14.8%, Professionals 13.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.8%, Sales Workers 11.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.3% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Port Hughes, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 8.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.2%, School Education 3.6%, Employment Services 3.0% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Port Hughes was $423.

In Port Hughes, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.5%, Walked only 3.0%, Car, as passenger 2.4%, Truck 2.4% and Bus 1.8%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Port Hughes, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.1% provided care for children and 13.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.8% 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 Hughes, 23.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Port Hughes, 31.3% were couple families with children, 64.1% were couple families without children and 4.6% were one parent families.

In Port Hughes 37.5% of single parents were male and 62.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Port Hughes, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,772 and those without children was $1,562.

Employment status of couple families

In Port Hughes, of couple families with children, 11.7% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 16.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Port Hughes, 36.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 63.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Hughes, 97.0% were separate houses, 3.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Port Hughes, of occupied private dwellings 1.8% had 1 bedroom, 16.0% had 2 bedrooms and 47.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Hughes, 52.7% were owned outright, 26.9% were owned with a mortgage and 20.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Port Hughes, of all households, 77.6% were family households, 22.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Port Hughes, 33.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.9% 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 Hughes, 30.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Port Hughes, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Hughes, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Port Hughes, 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.