Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,439 people in Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC) of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 86.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC) was 26 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.2% of the population.

Of people in Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC) aged 15 years and over, 46.9% were married and 7.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC) was 35 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC), of people aged 15 years and over, 38.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC) was 35 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC) 30.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.3% were in primary school, 24.2% in secondary school and 6.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC) were Australian Aboriginal 77.6%, English 5.1%, Australian 4.3%, Scottish 1.6% and Irish 1.5%.

In Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC), 97.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Croatia 0.5%, England 0.2%, South Eastern Europe (includes Yugoslavia) 0.2%, Greece 0.1% and New Zealand 0.1%.

In Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC), 93.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC) were Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 35.3%, Uniting Church 19.8%, No Religion 17.3%, Lutheran 5.9% and Christian, nfd 2.7%.

In Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC) 14.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Pitjantjatjara 72.1%, Yankunytjatjara 5.7%, Luritja 0.7%, Arrernte, nec 0.7% and Croatian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 808 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC). Of these 45.2% were employed full time, 33.7% were employed part-time and 11.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC), 14.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 33.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC) included Professionals 29.4%, Labourers 22.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 18.5%, Managers 10.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 3.9%, Sales Workers 3.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.1%.

Of the employed people in Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 19.4%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 10.8%, Creative and Performing Arts Activities 9.5%, Other Health Care Services 7.2% and Other Social Assistance Services 5.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC) was $277.

In Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 59.5%, Car, as driver 20.1%, Car, as passenger 10.1%, Car as driver, car as passenger 2.4% and Bus 0.4%. On the day, 0.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 32.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC), of people aged 15 years and over, 69.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 44.6% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 7.7% 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 Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC), 30.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 3.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 2.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC), 43.8% were couple families with children, 25.5% were couple families without children and 28.6% were one parent families.

In Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC) 11.9% of single parents were male and 88.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,012 and those without children was $1,905.

Employment status of couple families

In Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC), of couple families with children, 12.5% had both partners employed full-time, 7.7% had both employed part-time and 7.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC), 66.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 33.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC), 90.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.3% were other dwellings.

In Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC), of occupied private dwellings 7.8% had 1 bedroom, 22.8% had 2 bedrooms and 56.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 3.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC), 7.4% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 82.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC), of all households, 70.9% were family households, 27.4% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC), 22.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.0% 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 Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC), 39.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 13.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC), there were 2,105 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 1,025 (or 48.7%) were male and 1,080 (or 51.3%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.9, with 1.9 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $977.

In Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $35 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.