Port Denison

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,414 people in Port Denison of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Port Denison was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.4% of the population.

Of people in Port Denison aged 15 years and over, 53.3% were married and 14.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Port Denison was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Port Denison, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Port Denison was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Port Denison 24.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.5% were in primary school, 20.2% in secondary school and 11.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Port Denison were Australian 34.7%, English 28.5%, Scottish 10.3%, Irish 7.1% and Italian 1.9%.

In Port Denison, 81.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.2%, New Zealand 3.3%, Scotland 1.5%, Netherlands 0.6% and Singapore 0.4%.

In Port Denison, 65.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Port Denison were Anglican 29.4%, No Religion 27.3%, Catholic 20.1%, Uniting Church 5.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Port Denison 92.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Thai 0.5%, Dutch 0.2%, French 0.2%, Italian 0.2% and Tamil 0.2%.

Employment

There were 632 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Port Denison. Of these 51.9% were employed full time, 33.9% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Port Denison, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Port Denison was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Port Denison included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.1%, Labourers 15.2%, Professionals 12.4%, Managers 12.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5% and Sales Workers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Port Denison, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fishing 4.9%, Accommodation 4.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.4%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.0% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Port Denison was $544.

In Port Denison, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.7%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Walked only 4.7%, Bus 2.2% and Other 2.0%. On the day, 2.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Port Denison, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.9% provided care for children and 9.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.4% 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 Denison, 22.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Port Denison, 32.8% were couple families with children, 53.0% were couple families without children and 14.1% were one parent families.

In Port Denison 9.4% of single parents were male and 90.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Port Denison, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,227 and those without children was $1,795.

Employment status of couple families

In Port Denison, of couple families with children, 11.5% had both partners employed full-time, 7.1% had both employed part-time and 15.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Port Denison, 68.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 31.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Denison, 93.6% were separate houses, 2.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.7% were flats, units or apartments and 1.6% were other dwellings.

In Port Denison, of occupied private dwellings 6.1% had 1 bedroom, 10.8% had 2 bedrooms and 45.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Denison, 38.4% were owned outright, 23.5% were owned with a mortgage and 36.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Port Denison, of all households, 70.0% were family households, 27.9% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Port Denison, 32.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.7% 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 Denison, 36.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Port Denison, there were 24 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 50.0%) were male and 12 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Denison, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.2, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,041.

In Port Denison, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $198 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.