0872 crosses NT/SA/WA

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 15,484 people in 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 79.6% of the population.

The median age of people in 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA was 27 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.3% of the population.

Of people in 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA aged 15 years and over, 48.7% were married and 7.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA was 36 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA was 36 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA 35.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.8% were in primary school, 12.0% in secondary school and 4.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA were Australian Aboriginal 66.5%, Australian 6.8%, English 6.2%, Irish 2.3% and Scottish 1.9%.

In 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA, 93.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 0.7%, England 0.4%, Korea, Republic of (South) 0.2%, India 0.2% and Germany 0.1%.

In 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA, 91.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA were Lutheran 27.9%, No Religion 12.3%, Catholic 9.8%, Baptist 8.6% and Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 6.2%.

In 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA 20.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Pitjantjatjara 14.5%, Warlpiri 8.7%, Alyawarr 8.6%, Luritja 8.3% and Arrernte, nec 5.3%.

Employment

There were 4,800 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA. Of these 51.5% were employed full time, 26.8% were employed part-time and 12.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA included Labourers 21.1%, Professionals 20.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 18.7%, Managers 10.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.5% and Sales Workers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 19.2%, School Education 8.7%, Accommodation 7.8%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 7.0% and Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA was $271.

In 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 46.9%, Car, as driver 22.3%, Car, as passenger 9.8%, Bus 2.8% and Other 2.4%. 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 32.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.8% provided care for children and 12.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.8% 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 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA, 22.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 2.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA, 46.0% were couple families with children, 24.8% were couple families without children and 26.6% were one parent families.

In 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA 13.1% of single parents were male and 86.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,187 and those without children was $1,785.

Employment status of couple families

In 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA, of couple families with children, 14.3% had both partners employed full-time, 6.2% had both employed part-time and 6.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA, 70.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 29.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA, 81.5% were separate houses, 6.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.5% were flats, units or apartments and 6.4% were other dwellings.

In 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA, of occupied private dwellings 10.8% had 1 bedroom, 20.3% had 2 bedrooms and 48.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 3.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA, 3.5% were owned outright, 0.7% were owned with a mortgage and 86.2% were rented.

Household composition

In 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA, of all households, 75.5% were family households, 22.1% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA, 27.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.1% 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 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA, 36.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 14.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA, there were 12,320 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6,139 (or 49.8%) were male and 6,181 (or 50.2%) 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 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA, 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 $753.

In 0872 crosses NT/SA/WA, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $25 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.