2016 Portsea, Census All persons QuickStats (2024)

Demographics & education

People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

In the 2016 Census, there were 510 people in Portsea. Of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

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The median age of people in Portsea was 67 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 6.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 57.9% of the population.

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Of people in Portsea aged 15 years and over, 70.6% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

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In Portsea, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.1% were in a de facto marriage.

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In Portsea 14.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.2% were in primary school, 22.7% in secondary school and 6.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

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Of people aged 15 and over in Portsea, 15.0% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 7.0% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 11.0% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

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Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Portsea were English 36.4%, Australian 23.3%, Scottish 12.5%, Irish 11.1% and German 2.5%.

Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Portsea (including those who did not state an ancestry).

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In Portsea, 82.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.2%, New Zealand 1.4%, Netherlands 1.0%, Germany 0.8% and Scotland 0.6%.

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In Portsea, 71.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

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In Portsea, the most common countries of birth for male parents were Australia 77.2%, England 4.0%, New Zealand 2.0%, Netherlands 1.4% and Scotland 1.2%.

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In Portsea, the most common countries of birth for female parents were Australia 77.1%, England 5.9%, New Zealand 2.2%, Netherlands 1.6% and Italy 1.4%.

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The most common responses for religion in Portsea were Anglican 34.0%, No Religion, so described 27.8%, Catholic 18.9%, Not stated 8.0% and Uniting Church 3.8%. In Portsea, Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (69.2%) (this figure excludes not stated responses).

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In Portsea 93.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.6% and Italian 0.6%.

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Employment

There were 186 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Portsea. Of these 39.2% were employed full time, 47.8% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

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Of employed people in Portsea, 24.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.9% worked 40 hours or more.

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The only other responses for occupation in Portsea were Managers 33.7%, Professionals 29.7%, Sales Workers 11.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 2.9% and Labourers 1.7%.

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Of the employed people in Portsea, the most common responses for industry of employment included House Construction 6.6%, Real Estate Services 6.6%, Accommodation 5.7%, Management Advice and Related Consulting Services 5.7% and Other Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 4.9%.

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The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Portsea was $1,147.

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In Portsea, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.0%, Worked at home 19.4%, Walked only 7.6%, Train 3.5% and Tram 1.8%. On the day, 7.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 52.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

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In Portsea, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.6% provided care for children and 12.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.8% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

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Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Portsea, 24.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.7% worked 30 hours or more.

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