Kaiwalagal - Inner Islands

Demographics & education

In Kaiwalagal - Inner Islands, there were 2,272 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 1,090 (or 47.9%) were male and 1,184 (or 52.1%) were female.

In Kaiwalagal - Inner Islands the median age of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people was 21 years. Of the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 35.8% were children aged 0 to 14 years and 5.2% were people aged 65 years and over.

In Kaiwalagal - Inner Islands 26.0% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were married and 6.2% were either divorced or separated.

In Kaiwalagal - Inner Islands for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people the median age of married people was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Kaiwalagal - Inner Islands 25.3% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were in a registered marriage and 22.2% were in a de facto marriage.

In Kaiwalagal - Inner Islands for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people the median age in a registered marriage was 49 years and in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

Of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Kaiwalagal - Inner Islands, 39.4% were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.0% were attending a primary school, 28.5% were attending a secondary school and 6.3% were attending a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

English was the only language spoken at home by 38.5% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Kaiwalagal - Inner Islands. The only other responses for language at home were Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 26.4%, Kalaw Kawaw Ya/Kalaw Lagaw Ya 3.4%, Kriol 2.2% and Meriam Mir 0.6%.

Employment

There were 884 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kaiwalagal - Inner Islands. Of these 54.8% were employed full time, 25.2% were employed part-time and 7.2% were unemployed.

The median age of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Kaiwalagal - Inner Islands who were employed full time was 39 years and those employed part time was 35 years.

The median weekly personal income for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Kaiwalagal - Inner Islands was $527 and the median weekly household income was $1,270.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kaiwalagal - Inner Islands, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.5 persons per bedroom and 1 registered motor vehicles per dwelling.

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

In Kaiwalagal - Inner Islands, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $135 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.

Dwelling structure

In Kaiwalagal - Inner Islands there were 572 private dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people: 70.5% were separate houses, 16.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 11.5% were flats, unit or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

In Kaiwalagal - Inner Islands, of dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 9.6% were owned outright, 5.8% were owned with a mortgage and 77.6% were rented.