Portland North

16.2% of Portland North's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

221 family households lived in Portland North; 37.6% were couple families and 12.2% were one-parent families.

29.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Portland North had 708 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 96.5% of occupied private dwellings in Portland North.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.1% of occupied private dwellings.

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

50.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

43.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

6.4% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Portland North had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 13.5% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Two-person households represented 45.9%, while 19.7% had four or more usual residents.

9.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

70.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

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

2.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 16.8% of the total.

82.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.4% reported a different address.

10.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

92.5% of residents used only English at home.

3.5% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.2% of Portland North's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.8% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.3% of ancestry responses in Portland North.

Australian ancestry made up 44.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

18.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 12.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.5% of workers, and education and training employed 9.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.5%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

31.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.6%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

56.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.2% reported asthma, 13.7% arthritis and 4.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.0%.

Median household income was $1,886 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 $300 per week.

Working from home was 9.0% in Portland North, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 50.0% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 6.4% in Portland North, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..