Port Wakefield

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 556 people in Port Wakefield of these 55.4% were male and 44.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Port Wakefield was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.3% of the population.

Of people in Port Wakefield aged 15 years and over, 41.2% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Port Wakefield was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Port Wakefield, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Port Wakefield was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Port Wakefield 30.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.2% were in primary school, 15.5% in secondary school and 3.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Port Wakefield were Australian 33.0%, English 30.5%, Irish 6.3%, German 5.2% and Scottish 4.9%.

In Port Wakefield, 73.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.9%, New Zealand 1.6%, India 1.1% and Germany 0.7%.

In Port Wakefield, 72.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Port Wakefield were No Religion 24.3%, Uniting Church 20.5%, Catholic 14.2%, Anglican 12.1% and Christian, nfd 3.4%.

In Port Wakefield 79.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 1.3%, German 0.9%, Min Nan 0.9%, Korean 0.9% and Gujarati 0.7%.

Employment

There were 211 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Port Wakefield. Of these 64.0% were employed full time, 27.0% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Port Wakefield, 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Port Wakefield was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Port Wakefield included Labourers 34.5%, Managers 11.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Sales Workers 8.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.4% and Professionals 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Port Wakefield, the most common responses for industry of employment included Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 24.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.4%, Pubs, Taverns and Bars 5.4%, Defence 4.4% and Poultry Farming 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Port Wakefield was $484.

In Port Wakefield, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.1%, Walked only 10.8%, Car, as passenger 8.9%, Truck 2.5% and Motorbike/scooter 2.0%. 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 71.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Port Wakefield, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.3% provided care for children and 7.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.5% 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 Wakefield, 21.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Port Wakefield, 34.9% were couple families with children, 46.0% were couple families without children and 16.7% were one parent families.

In Port Wakefield 23.8% of single parents were male and 76.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Port Wakefield, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,527 and those without children was $1,694.

Employment status of couple families

In Port Wakefield, of couple families with children, 16.8% had both partners employed full-time, 5.9% had both employed part-time and 21.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Port Wakefield, 75.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 24.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Wakefield, 95.7% were separate houses, 1.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

In Port Wakefield, of occupied private dwellings 6.7% had 1 bedroom, 19.5% had 2 bedrooms and 47.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Wakefield, 38.5% were owned outright, 23.6% were owned with a mortgage and 35.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Port Wakefield, of all households, 58.8% were family households, 39.3% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Port Wakefield, 36.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.2% 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 Wakefield, 44.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Port Wakefield, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 9 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Wakefield, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Port Wakefield, 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.