Portarlington

9.5% of Portarlington's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

1,271 family households lived in Portarlington; 23.2% were couple families and 11.2% were one-parent families.

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

Portarlington had 4,436 residents at the 2021 Census.

12.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

61.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 90.6% of occupied private dwellings in Portarlington.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.6% of occupied private dwellings.

57.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

21.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.7% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Portarlington had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 32.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 47.8%, while 11.0% had four or more usual residents.

23.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

52.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.4% walked or cycled.

3.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 41.6% of the total.

55.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.8% reported a different address.

16.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

84.5% of residents used only English at home.

6.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

16.8% of Portarlington's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.2% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.2% of ancestry responses in Portarlington.

Australian ancestry made up 31.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

19.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 15.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.7% of workers, and education and training employed 7.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 39.8%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

18.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.5%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

45.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

8.8% reported asthma, 16.3% arthritis and 7.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.9%.

Median household income was $1,064 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,657.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $331 per week.

Working from home was 23.2% in Portarlington, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 57.3% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 21.7% in Portarlington, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..