East Arnhem (S)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,098 people in East Arnhem (S) of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 91.2% of the population.

The median age of people in East Arnhem (S) was 25 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 31.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.7% of the population.

Of people in East Arnhem (S) aged 15 years and over, 49.9% were married and 4.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in East Arnhem (S) was 36 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In East Arnhem (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 37.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in East Arnhem (S) was 37 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In East Arnhem (S) 34.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 45.5% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 4.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in East Arnhem (S) were Australian Aboriginal 81.9%, Torres Strait Islander 3.7%, Australian 3.5%, English 2.5% and Irish 0.8%.

In East Arnhem (S), 99.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 0.0%, New Zealand 0.0%, Canada 0.0%, Indonesia 0.0% and Tonga 0.0%.

In East Arnhem (S), 96.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 2.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in East Arnhem (S) were Uniting Church 48.9%, Anglican 13.5%, Christian, nfd 11.3%, Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 9.3% and No Religion 7.0%.

In East Arnhem (S) 7.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Djambarrpuyngu 31.7%, Anindilyakwa 14.8%, Dhuwaya 3.1%, Gumatj 1.8% and Galpu 1.4%.

Employment

There were 2,586 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in East Arnhem (S). Of these 40.5% were employed full time, 30.5% were employed part-time and 19.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in East Arnhem (S), 9.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 17.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in East Arnhem (S) was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in East Arnhem (S) included Professionals 25.4%, Labourers 23.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.9%, Managers 6.4%, Sales Workers 5.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in East Arnhem (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 21.0%, Local Government Administration 17.2%, School Education 8.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.2% and Other Social Assistance Services 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in East Arnhem (S) was $263.

In East Arnhem (S), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 54.9%, Car, as driver 16.8%, Car, as passenger 11.9%, Bus 2.8% and Other 1.2%. On the day, 3.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 29.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In East Arnhem (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 74.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 56.0% provided care for children and 26.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.4% 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 East Arnhem (S), 29.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in East Arnhem (S), 49.3% were couple families with children, 15.1% were couple families without children and 34.2% were one parent families.

In East Arnhem (S) 13.9% of single parents were male and 86.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In East Arnhem (S), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,201 and those without children was $2,042.

Employment status of couple families

In East Arnhem (S), of couple families with children, 12.5% had both partners employed full-time, 8.4% had both employed part-time and 6.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In East Arnhem (S), 82.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Arnhem (S), 95.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

In East Arnhem (S), of occupied private dwellings 4.1% had 1 bedroom, 21.3% had 2 bedrooms and 49.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 5.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Arnhem (S), 0.9% were owned outright, 0.2% were owned with a mortgage and 93.5% were rented.

Household composition

In East Arnhem (S), of all households, 87.2% were family households, 11.1% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In East Arnhem (S), 12.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.4% 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 East Arnhem (S), 30.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 11.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In East Arnhem (S), there were 8,297 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4,087 (or 49.3%) were male and 4,210 (or 50.7%) were female. The median age was 23 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 East Arnhem (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6.3, with 2.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,295.

In East Arnhem (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $50 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $108.