Portland North VIC 3305

Living Here

Portland North is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 708 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,886 a week, with median rent near $300 a week. Most homes are houses. About 94% of households own their home and 6% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area. The median house sells for about $539,000.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Portland statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Portland North itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 5 schools

  • Portland North Primary School
  • Bayview College
  • Portland Bay School
  • Bolwarra Primary School
  • Portland Primary School
• 1 park

  • Flinders Park
• 1 beach

  • Whalers Point
• 1 Catholic church

  • All Saints Church
• 1 hospital

  • Portland District Hospital
• 1 post office

  • Portland Post Office
• 4 service stations

  • Shell
  • BP
  • OTR
  • EG Australia
• 1 gym

  • Portland Basketball Stadium
• 1 hardware store

  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 6 places to stay

  • Portland Claremont Tourist Park
  • Henty Bay Holiday Park
  • Portland Bay Holiday Park
  • Portland Holiday Village
  • Quality Hotel Bentinick, Econo Lodge Portland
  • Melaleuca

Getting around. Tram stop: World War II Memorial Lookout, 3 km south-east · Airport: Portland Airport, 10.3 km west.

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Socio-economic Standing

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Median Sale Prices

Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Victorian Property Sales Report, Land Use Victoria.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 12.2% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Demographics

Unemployment 2.6% · Labour-force participation 59.5%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

17,849 bird observations recorded near Portland North — most often seen:

• Common Starling (971)
• Silver Gull (935)
• Eurasian Blackbird (847)
• Little Raven (846)
• Masked Lapwing (831)
• New Holland Honeyeater (793)
• Australian Magpie (745)
• House Sparrow (738)
• Superb Fairy-wren (729)
• Black Swan (722)
• Chestnut Teal (705)
• Red Wattlebird (669)
• Welcome Swallow (659)

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Portland North:

• Bolwarra (3.4 km)
• Dutton Way (4.2 km)
• Portland (4.4 km)
• Portland West (5.4 km)
• Cashmore (6.2 km)
• Allestree (6.5 km)
• Gorae (6.7 km)
• Gorae West (10.2 km)

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