Wujal Wujal (S)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 270 people in Wujal Wujal (S) of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 93.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Wujal Wujal (S) was 24 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.1% of the population.

Of people in Wujal Wujal (S) aged 15 years and over, 12.1% were married and 5.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wujal Wujal (S) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Wujal Wujal (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 12.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 34.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wujal Wujal (S) was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Wujal Wujal (S) 17.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 60.9% were in primary school, 8.7% in secondary school and 13.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wujal Wujal (S) were Australian Aboriginal 87.2%, Torres Strait Islander 3.9%, English 2.5%, Australian 1.8% and Maori 1.4%.

In Wujal Wujal (S), 100.0% of people were born in Australia. There were no other responses for country of birth.

In Wujal Wujal (S), 97.8% 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 Wujal Wujal (S) were Lutheran 80.6%, No Religion 7.1%, Catholic 4.1%, Anglican 3.4% and Seventh-day Adventist 3.4%.

In Wujal Wujal (S) 54.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Kuku Yalanji 39.3% and Guugu Yimidhirr 1.5%.

Employment

There were 122 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wujal Wujal (S). Of these 42.6% were employed full time, 37.7% were employed part-time and 17.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wujal Wujal (S), 9.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 25.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 17.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wujal Wujal (S) was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Wujal Wujal (S) included Labourers 34.7%, Professionals 16.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.2%, Managers 5.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.1% and Sales Workers 3.1%.

Of the employed people in Wujal Wujal (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 39.8%, Employment Services 14.3%, Hospitals 10.2%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 8.2% and Radio Broadcasting 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wujal Wujal (S) was $257.

In Wujal Wujal (S), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Walked only 64.3%, Car, as driver 15.3%, Car, as passenger 14.3% and Bus, car as passenger 3.1%. On the day, 3.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 30.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wujal Wujal (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 80.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 41.4% provided care for children and 13.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.3% 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 Wujal Wujal (S), 9.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 1.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 1.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wujal Wujal (S), 45.7% were couple families with children, 20.0% were couple families without children and 28.6% were one parent families.

In Wujal Wujal (S) 32.0% of single parents were male and 68.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wujal Wujal (S), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,166 and those without children was $500.

Employment status of couple families

In Wujal Wujal (S), of couple families with children, 8.3% had both partners employed full-time, 6.2% had both employed part-time and 16.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wujal Wujal (S), 85.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wujal Wujal (S), 78.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 21.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Wujal Wujal (S), of occupied private dwellings 11.6% had 1 bedroom, 23.2% had 2 bedrooms and 44.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 3.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wujal Wujal (S), 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 100.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Wujal Wujal (S), of all households, 84.1% were family households, 15.9% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Wujal Wujal (S), 36.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.2% 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 Wujal Wujal (S), 38.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 11.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wujal Wujal (S), there were 252 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 121 (or 48.0%) were male and 131 (or 52.0%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Wujal Wujal (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $850.

In Wujal Wujal (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $70 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.