3139904

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 274 people in 3139904 of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 97.1% of the population.

The median age of people in 3139904 was 20 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 32.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.2% of the population.

Of people in 3139904 aged 15 years and over, 16.9% were married and 2.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in 3139904 was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In 3139904, of people aged 15 years and over, 17.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 32.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in 3139904 was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In 3139904 29.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 44.3% were in primary school, 30.4% in secondary school and 3.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in 3139904 were Australian Aboriginal 48.2%, Torres Strait Islander 43.6%, Australian 1.4%, Samoan 1.0% and Australian South Sea Islander 0.7%.

In 3139904, 100.0% of people were born in Australia. There were no other responses for country of birth.

In 3139904, 100.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 0.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in 3139904 were No Religion 16.1%, Other Christian 13.6%, Pentecostal 13.6%, Anglican 11.4% and Latter-day Saints 9.9%.

In 3139904 13.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Meriam Mir 1.1%, Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 1.1% and Maori (New Zealand) 1.1%.

Employment

There were 119 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in 3139904. Of these 45.4% were employed full time, 28.6% were employed part-time and 16.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in 3139904, 3.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 10.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in 3139904 was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 31 years.

The most common occupations in 3139904 included Labourers 30.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 23.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.8%, Professionals 9.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.0%, Managers 3.0%, Sales Workers 3.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.0%.

Of the employed people in 3139904, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 37.8%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 11.2%, Child Care Services 10.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.1% and Water Transport Support Services 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in 3139904 was $316.

In 3139904, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 29.3%, Walked only 29.3%, Bus 16.2% and Car, as passenger 16.2%. On the day, 16.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 45.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In 3139904, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 49.5% provided care for children and 27.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.8% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in 3139904, 21.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 0.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in 3139904, 48.4% were couple families with children, 19.4% were couple families without children and 27.4% were one parent families.

In 3139904 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In 3139904, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,071 and those without children was $900.

Employment status of couple families

In 3139904, of couple families with children, 23.3% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 14.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In 3139904, 90.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in 3139904, 71.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 24.2% were flats, units or apartments and 4.5% were other dwellings.

In 3139904, of occupied private dwellings 6.2% had 1 bedroom, 24.6% had 2 bedrooms and 41.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 3.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in 3139904, 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 100.0% were rented.

Household composition

In 3139904, of all households, 78.5% were family households, 21.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In 3139904, 38.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In 3139904, 29.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 23.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In 3139904, there were 269 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 128 (or 47.6%) were male and 141 (or 52.4%) were female. The median age was 20 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In 3139904, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $779.

In 3139904, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $50 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.