Port Hughes

9.3% of Port Hughes's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

203 family households lived in Port Hughes; 20.2% were couple families and 6.9% were one-parent families.

16.7% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

Port Hughes had 647 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

59.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 98.2% of occupied private dwellings in Port Hughes.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

59.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

19.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

20.6% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

The average household in Port Hughes had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 21.3% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 58.8%, while 11.4% had four or more usual residents.

10.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

68.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.1% walked or cycled.

2.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of SA rate.

One-car households formed 29.1% of the total.

66.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.2% reported a different address.

15.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

90.7% of residents used only English at home.

4.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

15.6% of Port Hughes's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.4% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.2% of ancestry responses in Port Hughes.

Australian ancestry made up 40.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

18.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

Managers accounted for 19.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.8% of workers, and education and training employed 15.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 47.8%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

24.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.5%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

49.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.1% reported asthma, 13.6% arthritis and 8.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.9%.

Median household income was $1,231 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $270 per week.

Working from home was 10.3% in Port Hughes, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 59.5% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 20.6% in Port Hughes, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.