Portland

17.0% of Portland's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

652 family households lived in Portland; 34.7% were couple families and 19.8% were one-parent families.

31.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Portland had 2,447 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.3% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Separate houses made up 97.6% of occupied private dwellings in Portland.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.6% of occupied private dwellings.

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

49.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

34.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

15.5% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Portland had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 31.2% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 36.9%, while 18.2% had four or more usual residents.

8.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

70.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.3% walked or cycled.

5.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of NSW.

One-car households formed 32.0% of the total.

63.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

70.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.3% reported a different address.

7.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

88.1% of residents used only English at home.

2.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

7.3% of Portland's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.7% 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 88.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.7% of ancestry responses in Portland.

Australian ancestry made up 41.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

10.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Managers accounted for 6.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.6% of workers, and education and training employed 7.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 48.8%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

26.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.2%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

49.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 14.0% arthritis and 7.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.3%.

Median household income was $1,150 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,272.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 8.6% in Portland, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 49.7% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Renting accounted for 15.5% in Portland, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.