Aurukun (S)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,039 people were counted in Aurukun (S): of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Of the total population 87.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Aurukun (S) there were 314 children aged 0-14 years and 88 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Aurukun (S), 989 people were Australian citizens, 26 were born overseas and 0 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Aurukun (S), 32.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 5.4% were separated or divorced, 5.0% were widowed and 58.7% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Aurukun (S), 93.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Aurukun (S) were Fiji 0.6%, Vanuatu 0.4%, England 0.4%, New Zealand 0.3% and Papua New Guinea 0.3%.

Of all people counted in Aurukun (S) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Uniting Church 17.2%, No Religion 3.1%, Catholic 2.2%, Anglican 1.8% and Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 0.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Aurukun (S), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Wik-Mungkan 50.1%, Fijian 0.8% and Oceanian Pidgins and Creoles, nec (incl. Bislama,Pitcairnese,Solomon Islands Pidgin) 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 12.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 430 people aged 15 years and over in Aurukun (S) were in the labour force. Of these 26.3% worked full-time, 66.3% worked part-time, 3.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.0% were unemployed. 261 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Aurukun (S), the most common responses for occupation were Labourers and Related Workers 27.8%, Professionals 6.3%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.3%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.2%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.9%, Managers and Administrators 2.8%, Associate Professionals 1.8% and Tradespersons and Related Workers 1.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Aurukun (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Government Administration 43.8%, Education 5.6%, Health Services 2.1%, Other Services 0.8% and Business Services 0.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Aurukun (S), 212 families were counted: of these, 20.8% were couple families without children, 35.8% were couple families with children, 40.1% were one parent families and 3.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Aurukun (S), 179 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Aurukun (S), 76.0% were separate houses, 1.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.7% were flats, units or apartments and 10.6% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Aurukun (S), 0.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 0.0% were being purchased and 78.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Aurukun (S), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 0.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 95.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Aurukun (S), 78.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 10.6% were single (or lone) person households and 2.2% were group households.