Port Noarlunga South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,622 people in Port Noarlunga South of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Port Noarlunga South was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.9% of the population.

Of people in Port Noarlunga South aged 15 years and over, 49.7% were married and 13.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Port Noarlunga South was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Port Noarlunga South, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Port Noarlunga South was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Port Noarlunga South 25.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.3% were in primary school, 19.8% in secondary school and 20.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Port Noarlunga South were English 35.0%, Australian 29.6%, Scottish 7.5%, Irish 6.0% and German 5.1%.

In Port Noarlunga South, 72.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 13.2%, Scotland 1.6%, Germany 1.3%, New Zealand 1.0% and Netherlands 0.8%.

In Port Noarlunga South, 54.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 30.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Port Noarlunga South were No Religion 38.3%, Catholic 17.2%, Anglican 13.0%, Uniting Church 6.1% and Lutheran 2.7%.

In Port Noarlunga South 92.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.9%, Italian 0.5%, Dutch 0.4%, Zulu 0.2% and Greek 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,390 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Port Noarlunga South. Of these 52.7% were employed full time, 34.0% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Port Noarlunga South, 13.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.8% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Port Noarlunga South included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.5%, Professionals 15.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.2%, Labourers 10.0%, Managers 8.9%, Sales Workers 8.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Port Noarlunga South, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.4%, Residential Care Services 3.5%, Hospitals 3.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1% and Building Completion Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Port Noarlunga South was $561.

In Port Noarlunga South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.5%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Bus 1.7%, Train 1.5% and Train, car as driver 1.1%. On the day, 6.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Port Noarlunga South, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.4% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.0% 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 Noarlunga South, 29.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Port Noarlunga South, 37.4% were couple families with children, 45.0% were couple families without children and 17.0% were one parent families.

In Port Noarlunga South 23.3% of single parents were male and 76.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Port Noarlunga South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,883 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Port Noarlunga South, of couple families with children, 15.8% had both partners employed full-time, 5.9% had both employed part-time and 23.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Port Noarlunga South, 90.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Noarlunga South, 96.2% were separate houses, 2.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Port Noarlunga South, of occupied private dwellings 1.2% had 1 bedroom, 7.0% had 2 bedrooms and 67.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Noarlunga South, 33.6% were owned outright, 42.3% were owned with a mortgage and 21.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Port Noarlunga South, of all households, 76.6% were family households, 19.7% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Port Noarlunga South, 21.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.0% 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 Noarlunga South, 33.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Port Noarlunga South, there were 42 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 25 (or 59.5%) were male and 17 (or 40.5%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Noarlunga South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,041.

In Port Noarlunga South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.