Port Albert

9.7% of Port Albert's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

108 family households lived in Port Albert; 22.2% were couple families and 13.0% were one-parent families.

19.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Port Albert had 403 residents at the 2021 Census.

14.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

57.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 96.4% of occupied private dwellings in Port Albert.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.8% of occupied private dwellings.

53.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

31.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

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

The average household in Port Albert had 1.9 people.

One-person households made up 31.0% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 48.5%, while 8.8% had four or more usual residents.

16.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

54.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.8% walked or cycled.

3.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 38.7% of the total.

56.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

51.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.9% reported a different address.

11.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

83.1% of residents used only English at home.

2.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

11.2% of Port Albert's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.8% 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 83.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.7% of ancestry responses in Port Albert.

Australian ancestry made up 35.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

18.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 13.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.6% of workers, and education and training employed 6.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 39.1%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

21.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 11.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.5%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

45.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.7% reported asthma, 16.6% arthritis and 5.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.2%.

Median household income was $981 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,127.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $260 per week.

Working from home was 16.7% in Port Albert, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 53.4% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 15.5% in Port Albert, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..