Port Huon

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 578 people in Port Huon of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Port Huon was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.3% of the population.

Of people in Port Huon aged 15 years and over, 56.0% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Port Huon was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Port Huon, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Port Huon was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Port Huon 21.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.2% were in primary school, 19.0% in secondary school and 18.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Port Huon were Australian 33.6%, English 33.1%, Irish 8.6%, Scottish 6.9% and German 2.2%.

In Port Huon, 78.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.9%, New Zealand 1.4%, Romania 0.7%, United States of America 0.7% and Canada 0.5%.

In Port Huon, 73.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Port Huon were No Religion 31.3%, Anglican 22.7%, Catholic 21.1%, Uniting Church 3.6% and Christian, nfd 2.9%.

In Port Huon 92.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 0.7%, French 0.5%, Italian 0.5%, Latvian 0.5% and Russian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 260 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Port Huon. Of these 48.8% were employed full time, 34.6% were employed part-time and 6.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Port Huon, 12.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Port Huon was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Port Huon included Labourers 16.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Managers 15.0%, Professionals 15.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.7% and Sales Workers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Port Huon, the most common responses for industry of employment included Aquaculture 14.8%, Accommodation 5.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.5%, Hospitals 4.2% and Local Government Administration 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Port Huon was $469.

In Port Huon, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.6%, Car, as passenger 7.5%, Walked only 3.8%, Bus 1.7% and Truck 1.3%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Port Huon, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.9% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.1% 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 Huon, 28.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Port Huon, 36.0% were couple families with children, 57.6% were couple families without children and 6.4% were one parent families.

In Port Huon 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Port Huon, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,471 and those without children was $1,874.

Employment status of couple families

In Port Huon, of couple families with children, 10.4% had both partners employed full-time, 6.7% had both employed part-time and 15.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Port Huon, 89.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Huon, 98.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.3% were other dwellings.

In Port Huon, of occupied private dwellings 3.2% had 1 bedroom, 18.9% had 2 bedrooms and 57.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Huon, 46.9% were owned outright, 29.5% were owned with a mortgage and 22.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Port Huon, of all households, 77.8% were family households, 18.6% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Port Huon, 24.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.5% 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 Huon, 35.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Port Huon, there were 33 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 42.4%) were male and 19 (or 57.6%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Huon, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,050.

In Port Huon, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $270 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.