Port Vincent

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 490 people in Port Vincent of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Port Vincent was 61 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 8.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 43.4% of the population.

Of people in Port Vincent aged 15 years and over, 62.7% were married and 10.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Port Vincent was 65 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Port Vincent, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Port Vincent was 64 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 55 years.

In Port Vincent 16.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.6% were in primary school, 18.3% in secondary school and 7.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Port Vincent were English 35.0%, Australian 32.7%, Irish 7.1%, Scottish 6.9% and German 6.7%.

In Port Vincent, 82.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.9%, United States of America 1.2%, Germany 0.8%, New Zealand 0.8% and Scotland 0.8%.

In Port Vincent, 77.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Port Vincent were Uniting Church 24.7%, No Religion 22.7%, Anglican 19.6%, Catholic 12.9% and Lutheran 3.5%.

In Port Vincent 95.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was German 1.0%.

Employment

There were 147 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Port Vincent. Of these 44.9% were employed full time, 40.8% were employed part-time and 8.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Port Vincent, 15.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Port Vincent was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Port Vincent included Managers 21.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 20.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.5%, Labourers 13.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.7%, Professionals 8.0%, Sales Workers 6.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in Port Vincent, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 8.6%, Accommodation 8.6%, Pubs, Taverns and Bars 6.5%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.0% and School Education 5.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Port Vincent was $370.

In Port Vincent, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 62.6%, Walked only 12.2%, Car, as passenger 3.6% and Truck 2.2%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Port Vincent, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 14.5% provided care for children and 9.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 35.0% 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 Vincent, 22.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Port Vincent, 16.7% were couple families with children, 74.6% were couple families without children and 6.5% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Port Vincent, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,833 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Port Vincent, of couple families with children, 4.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 9.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Port Vincent, 36.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 63.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Vincent, 91.1% were separate houses, 2.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.4% were other dwellings.

In Port Vincent, of occupied private dwellings 4.9% had 1 bedroom, 21.4% had 2 bedrooms and 51.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Vincent, 61.5% were owned outright, 16.1% were owned with a mortgage and 21.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Port Vincent, of all households, 68.6% were family households, 31.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Port Vincent, 44.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.6% 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 Vincent, 39.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Port Vincent, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 5 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 Vincent, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,233.

In Port Vincent, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $962.