Roper Gulf (S)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,121 people in Roper Gulf (S) of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 81.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Roper Gulf (S) was 24 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 31.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.2% of the population.

Of people in Roper Gulf (S) aged 15 years and over, 47.6% were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Roper Gulf (S) was 37 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Roper Gulf (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 40.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Roper Gulf (S) was 37 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Roper Gulf (S) 34.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.6% were in primary school, 14.6% in secondary school and 4.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Roper Gulf (S) were Australian Aboriginal 68.3%, Australian 8.5%, English 5.9%, Scottish 2.1% and Irish 2.0%.

In Roper Gulf (S), 95.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 0.4%, New Zealand 0.4%, Germany 0.2%, Ireland 0.2% and Netherlands 0.1%.

In Roper Gulf (S), 94.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Roper Gulf (S) were Anglican 24.1%, No Religion 21.8%, Other Protestant 11.0%, Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 6.5% and Catholic 4.9%.

In Roper Gulf (S) 29.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Kriol 48.8%, Nunggubuyu 3.8%, Anindilyakwa 1.2%, Yanyuwa 1.1% and Garrwa 0.9%.

Employment

There were 2,090 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Roper Gulf (S). Of these 46.9% were employed full time, 25.3% were employed part-time and 18.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Roper Gulf (S), 9.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Roper Gulf (S) was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Roper Gulf (S) included Labourers 27.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.9%, Professionals 15.6%, Managers 11.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1% and Sales Workers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Roper Gulf (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 24.8%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 10.5%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 9.1%, School Education 8.0% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Roper Gulf (S) was $279.

In Roper Gulf (S), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 51.7%, Car, as driver 18.1%, Car, as passenger 10.0%, Other 2.4% and Bus 1.7%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 28.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Roper Gulf (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 70.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 42.7% provided care for children and 14.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.1% 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 Roper Gulf (S), 22.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Roper Gulf (S), 51.0% were couple families with children, 22.3% were couple families without children and 24.7% were one parent families.

In Roper Gulf (S) 20.9% of single parents were male and 79.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Roper Gulf (S), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,110 and those without children was $1,812.

Employment status of couple families

In Roper Gulf (S), of couple families with children, 15.6% had both partners employed full-time, 5.5% had both employed part-time and 6.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Roper Gulf (S), 79.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Roper Gulf (S), 83.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.1% were flats, units or apartments and 9.9% were other dwellings.

In Roper Gulf (S), of occupied private dwellings 10.3% had 1 bedroom, 20.5% had 2 bedrooms and 42.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 4.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Roper Gulf (S), 12.0% were owned outright, 3.3% were owned with a mortgage and 74.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Roper Gulf (S), of all households, 78.2% were family households, 18.3% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Roper Gulf (S), 21.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.1% 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 Roper Gulf (S), 31.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 13.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Roper Gulf (S), there were 5,008 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 2,448 (or 48.9%) were male and 2,560 (or 51.1%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Roper Gulf (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5.7, with 2.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,076.

In Roper Gulf (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $55 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.