Arriga

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 702 people in Arriga of these 91.2% were male and 8.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 56.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Arriga was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 5.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.0% of the population.

Of people in Arriga aged 15 years and over, 36.1% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Arriga was 35 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Arriga, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Arriga was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Arriga 84.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 3.0% were in primary school, 2.0% in secondary school and 1.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Arriga were Australian 9.0%, English 7.3%, Italian 2.5%, Irish 2.0% and German 2.0%.

In Arriga, 92.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.6%, England 1.1%, Papua New Guinea 0.9%, South Africa 0.7% and Fiji 0.6%.

In Arriga, 60.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Arriga were Catholic 6.2%, Anglican 4.0%, No Religion 3.6%, Christian, nfd 2.7% and Uniting Church 1.7%.

In Arriga 19.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Italian 1.4%.

Employment

There were 86 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Arriga. Of these 69.8% were employed full time, 15.1% were employed part-time and 8.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Arriga, 7.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 62.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Arriga was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Arriga included Managers 23.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 23.3%, Labourers 15.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.5%, Professionals 4.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.7% and Sales Workers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Arriga, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Crop Growing 9.3%, Building Installation Services 9.3%, Sugar and Confectionery Manufacturing 5.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.8% and Public Order and Safety Services 5.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Arriga was $553.

In Arriga, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 39.5%, Walked only 12.8%, Bus 7.0% and Car, as passenger 4.7%. On the day, 9.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 50.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Arriga, of people aged 15 years and over, 11.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 5.4% provided care for children and 0.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 2.6% 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 Arriga, 4.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 1.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 2.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Arriga, 40.6% were couple families with children, 50.0% were couple families without children and 9.4% were one parent families.

In Arriga 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Arriga, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $900.

Employment status of couple families

In Arriga, of couple families with children, 38.7% had both partners employed full-time, 9.7% had both employed part-time and 19.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Arriga, 90.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Arriga, 93.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 6.7% were other dwellings.

In Arriga, of occupied private dwellings 6.7% had 1 bedroom, 15.6% had 2 bedrooms and 51.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Arriga, 31.8% were owned outright, 22.7% were owned with a mortgage and 31.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Arriga, of all households, 64.4% were family households, 28.9% were single person households and 6.7% were group households.

In Arriga, 36.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.8% 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 Arriga, 27.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Arriga, there were 396 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 391 (or 98.7%) were male and 5 (or 1.3%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Arriga, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,483.

In Arriga, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $400.