Australian Demographic Profile
Port Melbourne, VIC 3207
Census-grade demographic profile. ABS Census 2021, adjusted to 2026.
Population
~17,613
Median age
42
Median income
High
$1,500-$1,749/wk
Top profile
High-earning
40%
Profile composition (top three)
- High-earning professionals40%
- Established partnered households15%
- Young singles and non-workers15%
Full 8-profile breakdown in the suburb report.
Population overview
- Synthetic individuals
- ~17,613
- Sex split
- F 52% / M 48%
- Tertiary-qualified
- 47%
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditionals using Bayesian reconstruction, adjusted to 2026.
Age structure
- Children (0-14)14%
- Young adults (15-24)7.9%
- Early career (25-39)25%
- Mid career (40-59)32%
- Senior (60+)22%
Income distribution
Median individual income bracket in Port Melbourne: High ($1,500-$1,749/wk).
- No / not stated26%
- Low ($1-$499/wk)13%
- Mid ($500-$1.5k)23%
- High ($1.5k-$3k)23%
- Very high ($3k+)15%
Top occupations
- Professionals37%
- Managers25%
- Clerical and Administrative Workers12%
Full occupation breakdown in the suburb report.
Compared to VIC and Australia
| Port Melbourne | VIC avg | AUS avg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 42 | 42 | 42 |
| Tertiary-qualified | 47% | 21% | 19% |
What's in the full report
- ✓ Full 8-profile composition with percentages
- ✓ All 47 demographic variables broken down
- ✓ Income vs occupation cross-tabulation
- ✓ Family composition by age group
- ✓ Country of birth and language distributions
- ✓ Educational attainment by age cohort
- ✓ Branded HTML, PDF, CSV exports
- ✓ Citation-ready format
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Methodology
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditional tables using Bayesian reconstruction. Validated against real Census distributions with a median person-level SRMSE of 0.05 across 7,780 suburbs. Read the full methodology →