Tennant Creek (T) - Town Camps

Demographics

In the 2006 Census (held on 8th August 2006), there were 536 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people usually resident in Tennant Creek (T) - Town Camps, 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female.

In the 2006 Census, 33.6% of the population usually resident in Tennant Creek (T) - Town Camps were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children aged 0-14 years, 7.6% were aged 55 years and over and the median age was 24 years.

Language diversity

In the 2006 Census, the most common responses for Indigenous language other than English spoken at home by people usually resident in Tennant Creek (T) - Town Camps were Warumungu 30.6%, Warlpiri 16.6%, Wambaya 14.2%, Alyawarr 11.6% and Warlmanpa 7.8%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 17.4% resident in Tennant Creek (T) - Town Camps

Employment

During the week prior to the 2006 Census, 130 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, aged 15 years and over in Tennant Creek (T) - Town Camps were in the labour force. Of these 73.8% were employed and 26.2% were unemployed. 228 were not in the labour force.

In the 2006 Census, 13.1% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, aged 15 years and over who were usually resident in Tennant Creek (T) - Town Camps had completed Year 10 or equivalent, and 2.2% had completed Year 12 or equivalent. 2.0% aged 15-19 years were in full-time education and 10.6% aged 15 years and over had a qualification.

Dwelling structure

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

In the 2006 Census, there were 85 dwellings with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Tennant Creek (T) - Town Camps. 0.0% of these dwellings were fully owned, 0.0% were being purchased and 92.9% were rented.

Dwelling characteristics

In the 2006 Census in Tennant Creek (T) - Town Camps, the median weekly individual income for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over was $182 and the median household income was $615. The median weekly rent was $83 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0. The average household size was 5.9 and the average number of people per bedroom was 2.4.