Port Sorell

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,853 people in Port Sorell of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Port Sorell was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.8% of the population.

Of people in Port Sorell aged 15 years and over, 55.0% were married and 13.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Port Sorell was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Port Sorell, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Port Sorell was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Port Sorell 22.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.1% were in primary school, 18.0% in secondary school and 19.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Port Sorell were English 36.0%, Australian 35.8%, Irish 8.0%, Scottish 6.7% and German 2.8%.

In Port Sorell, 85.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, New Zealand 1.2%, Scotland 0.7%, Germany 0.5% and Netherlands 0.5%.

In Port Sorell, 79.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Port Sorell were No Religion 27.4%, Anglican 24.8%, Catholic 18.4%, Uniting Church 7.6% and Baptist 2.9%.

In Port Sorell 95.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.2%, Thai 0.2%, Italian 0.2%, French 0.1% and Spanish 0.1%.

Employment

There were 1,223 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Port Sorell. Of these 56.3% were employed full time, 30.3% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Port Sorell, 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Port Sorell was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Port Sorell included Professionals 17.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.5%, Managers 14.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6%, Labourers 9.6%, Sales Workers 9.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Port Sorell, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Residential Building Construction 4.0%, Residential Care Services 3.0% and Building Installation Services 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Port Sorell was $474.

In Port Sorell, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 74.0%, Car, as passenger 3.0%, Walked only 2.0%, Other 1.0% and Bus 0.8%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Port Sorell, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.7% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.2% 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 Sorell, 26.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Port Sorell, 32.5% were couple families with children, 54.0% were couple families without children and 12.6% were one parent families.

In Port Sorell 18.4% of single parents were male and 81.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Port Sorell, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,965 and those without children was $1,733.

Employment status of couple families

In Port Sorell, of couple families with children, 16.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 19.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Port Sorell, 72.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 27.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Sorell, 86.4% were separate houses, 9.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.4% were flats, units or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

In Port Sorell, of occupied private dwellings 2.2% had 1 bedroom, 21.2% had 2 bedrooms and 56.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Port Sorell, 41.4% were owned outright, 27.7% were owned with a mortgage and 28.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Port Sorell, of all households, 69.5% were family households, 29.0% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Port Sorell, 35.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.5% 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 Sorell, 39.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Port Sorell, there were 101 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 52 (or 51.5%) were male and 49 (or 48.5%) were female. The median age was 35 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 Sorell, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,062.

In Port Sorell, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $240 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,142.