Nhulunbuy

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 8,088 people were counted in Nhulunbuy: of these 52.7% were male and 47.3% were female. Of the total population 50.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Nhulunbuy there were 2,457 children aged 0-14 years and 586 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Nhulunbuy, 7,367 people were Australian citizens, 733 were born overseas and 46 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Nhulunbuy, 51.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.3% were separated or divorced, 4.4% were widowed and 36.3% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Nhulunbuy, 84.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Nhulunbuy were England 2.1%, New Zealand 1.8%, Tonga 0.4%, Philippines 0.4% and Papua New Guinea 0.3%.

Of all people counted in Nhulunbuy on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Uniting Church 39.4%, No Religion 12.4%, Catholic 11.9%, Anglican 8.7% and Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 6.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Nhulunbuy, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Northern Aboriginal, nec 26.7%, Dhuwal-Dhuwala 9.0%, Guugu Yimidhirr 0.6%, Ritharrngu 0.4% and Tongan 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 44.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 3,193 people aged 15 years and over in Nhulunbuy were in the labour force. Of these 65.2% worked full-time, 29.0% worked part-time, 2.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.4% were unemployed. 2,034 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Nhulunbuy, the most common responses for occupation were Labourers and Related Workers 9.6%, Professionals 9.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.7%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.9%, Associate Professionals 5.4%, Managers and Administrators 3.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Nhulunbuy, the most common responses for industry of employment included Government Administration 11.0%, Metal Ore Mining 6.5%, Metal Product Manufacturing 5.1%, Education 4.2% and Health Services 3.0%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Nhulunbuy, 1,665 families were counted: of these, 23.3% were couple families without children, 55.0% were couple families with children, 20.0% were one parent families and 1.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Nhulunbuy, 1,797 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Nhulunbuy, 73.2% were separate houses, 1.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 16.2% were flats, units or apartments and 8.3% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Nhulunbuy, 3.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 1.7% were being purchased and 74.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Nhulunbuy, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 0.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 14.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 83.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Nhulunbuy, 72.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 16.0% were single (or lone) person households and 1.1% were group households.