Port Arthur (Tas.)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 249 people in Port Arthur (Tas.) of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Port Arthur (Tas.) was 54 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 27.4% of the population.

Of people in Port Arthur (Tas.) aged 15 years and over, 51.4% were married and 17.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Port Arthur (Tas.) was 65 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Port Arthur (Tas.), of people aged 15 years and over, 52.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Port Arthur (Tas.) was 66 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 56 years.

In Port Arthur (Tas.) 14.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.6% were in primary school, 7.9% in secondary school and 7.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Port Arthur (Tas.) were Australian 41.3%, English 32.3%, Irish 7.6%, Scottish 6.6% and Dutch 2.4%.

In Port Arthur (Tas.), 85.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, Sri Lanka 2.0%, New Zealand 1.6%, Wales 1.2% and Zambia 1.2%.

In Port Arthur (Tas.), 81.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Port Arthur (Tas.) were Anglican 29.8%, No Religion 27.4%, Catholic 16.7%, Uniting Church 3.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Port Arthur (Tas.) 92.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Sinhalese 2.0% and Dutch 1.6%.

Employment

There were 99 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Port Arthur (Tas.). Of these 45.5% were employed full time, 37.4% were employed part-time and 7.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Port Arthur (Tas.), 16.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 33.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Port Arthur (Tas.) was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Port Arthur (Tas.) were Community and Personal Service Workers 20.7%, Labourers 20.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.5%, Managers 14.1%, Sales Workers 10.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.8% and Professionals 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Port Arthur (Tas.), the most common responses for industry of employment included Museum Operation 25.3%, Accommodation 23.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 7.7%, Poultry Farming 6.6% and Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 4.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Port Arthur (Tas.) was $397.

In Port Arthur (Tas.), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 52.2%, Walked only 14.1%, Car, as passenger 5.4% and Other 4.3%. 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 57.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Port Arthur (Tas.), of people aged 15 years and over, 71.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.0% provided care for children and 14.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.6% 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 Arthur (Tas.), 23.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Port Arthur (Tas.), 30.3% were couple families with children, 60.6% were couple families without children and 9.1% were one parent families.

In Port Arthur (Tas.) 0.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Port Arthur (Tas.), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $900.

Employment status of couple families

In Port Arthur (Tas.), of couple families with children, 6.5% had both partners employed full-time, 16.1% had both employed part-time and 8.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Port Arthur (Tas.), 33.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 66.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Arthur (Tas.), 94.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 5.3% were other dwellings.

In Port Arthur (Tas.), of occupied private dwellings 7.4% had 1 bedroom, 27.4% had 2 bedrooms and 53.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Arthur (Tas.), 63.8% were owned outright, 18.1% were owned with a mortgage and 18.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Port Arthur (Tas.), of all households, 68.4% were family households, 31.6% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Port Arthur (Tas.), 41.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Arthur (Tas.), 34.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Port Arthur (Tas.), there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 40.0%) were male and 6 (or 60.0%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Arthur (Tas.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,012.

In Port Arthur (Tas.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.