Yarrabah

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,123 people were counted in Yarrabah: of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Of the total population 93.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarrabah there were 812 children aged 0-14 years and 130 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarrabah, 2,117 people were Australian citizens, 7 were born overseas and 0 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarrabah, 21.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 4.3% were separated or divorced, 4.5% were widowed and 70.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Yarrabah, 99.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Yarrabah were New Zealand 0.1% and England 0.1%.

Of all people counted in Yarrabah on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 85.0%, No Religion 2.8%, Catholic 2.6%, Seventh-day Adventist 1.3% and Jehovah's Witnesses 0.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarrabah, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Greek 0.1% and Guugu Yimidhirr 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 95.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 925 people aged 15 years and over in Yarrabah were in the labour force. Of these 24.9% worked full-time, 66.6% worked part-time, 5.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.6% were unemployed. 358 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarrabah, the most common responses for occupation were Labourers and Related Workers 43.2%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.7%, Professionals 5.5%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 2.8%, Associate Professionals 2.1%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.1%, Managers and Administrators 0.7% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 0.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Yarrabah, the most common responses for industry of employment included Government Administration 61.3%, Education 3.2%, Health Services 1.3%, Other Services 0.7% and Petroleum, Coal, Chemical and Associated Product Manufacturing 0.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Yarrabah, 425 families were counted: of these, 13.2% were couple families without children, 46.4% were couple families with children, 35.5% were one parent families and 4.9% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Yarrabah, 362 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Yarrabah, 86.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 10.8% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarrabah, 8.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 0.0% were being purchased and 74.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarrabah, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 0.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 1.1% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 97.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Yarrabah, 91.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 5.2% were single (or lone) person households and 1.1% were group households.