Port Neill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 136 people in Port Neill of these 47.8% were male and 52.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Port Neill was 60 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 9.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 36.5% of the population.

Of people in Port Neill aged 15 years and over, 64.8% were married and 13.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Port Neill was 68 years and the median age of people never married was 52 years.

In Port Neill, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Port Neill was 69 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 59 years.

In Port Neill 10.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.0% were in primary school, 0.0% in secondary school and 20.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Port Neill were English 39.9%, Australian 28.4%, Irish 9.3%, German 8.2% and Scottish 7.1%.

In Port Neill, 85.4% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 8.8% and Northern Ireland 2.2%.

In Port Neill, 79.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Port Neill were Uniting Church 24.8%, No Religion 24.1%, Anglican 16.1%, Catholic 13.9% and Baptist 5.1%.

In Port Neill 94.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Indonesian 2.2%.

Employment

There were 58 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Port Neill. Of these 65.5% were employed full time, 22.4% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Port Neill, 5.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 61.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Port Neill was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 56 years.

The most common occupations in Port Neill included Managers 27.3%, Professionals 18.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 16.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.3%, Sales Workers 7.3% and Labourers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Port Neill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.9%, Aquaculture 5.2%, Metal Ore Mining 5.2%, Exploration 5.2% and Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing 5.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Port Neill was $350.

In Port Neill, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 44.6%, Walked only 12.5%, Car, as passenger 7.1% and Tram 5.4%. On the day, 5.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 55.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Port Neill, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 15.7% provided care for children and 18.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 40.0% 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 Neill, 20.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Port Neill, 8.1% were couple families with children, 91.9% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Port Neill 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Port Neill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $0 and those without children was $3,050.

Employment status of couple families

In Port Neill, of couple families with children, 13.9% had both partners employed full-time, 8.3% had both employed part-time and 8.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Port Neill, 33.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 66.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Neill, 90.0% were separate houses, 5.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 5.0% were other dwellings.

In Port Neill, of occupied private dwellings 8.8% had 1 bedroom, 35.1% had 2 bedrooms and 45.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Neill, 64.4% were owned outright, 23.7% were owned with a mortgage and 11.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Port Neill, of all households, 61.7% were family households, 31.7% were single person households and 6.7% were group households.

In Port Neill, 50.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.5% 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 Neill, 47.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Port Neill, 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 Neill, 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 Neill, 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.