Piturie

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 248 people in Piturie of these 56.9% were male and 43.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 29.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Piturie was 28 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.2% of the population.

Of people in Piturie aged 15 years and over, 44.3% were married and 11.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Piturie was 41 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Piturie, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Piturie was 41 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 27 years.

In Piturie 16.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.6% were in primary school, 7.0% in secondary school and 7.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Piturie were Australian 30.7%, English 24.2%, Australian Aboriginal 11.8%, Scottish 6.9% and Irish 5.9%.

In Piturie, 90.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Canada 1.2%, England 1.2%, New Zealand 1.2% and Zambia 1.2%.

In Piturie, 87.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Piturie were Catholic 19.8%, Anglican 18.5%, Baptist 14.9%, No Religion 14.5% and Uniting Church 9.3%.

In Piturie 69.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Alyawarr 10.4%, Western Arrarnta 4.0%, Waluwarra 3.6% and Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 1.2%.

Employment

There were 141 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Piturie. Of these 85.1% were employed full time, 10.6% were employed part-time and 2.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Piturie, 2.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 78.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Piturie was 34 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Piturie were Labourers 37.8%, Managers 32.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.8%, Professionals 9.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 2.8% and Sales Workers 2.1%.

Of the employed people in Piturie, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 69.2%, Local Government Administration 5.6%, School Education 4.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8% and Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Piturie was $532.

In Piturie, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 26.2%, Car, as driver 25.5%, Other 7.1%, Truck 5.7% and Car, as passenger 4.3%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 32.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Piturie, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.5% provided care for children and 4.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.0% 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 Piturie, 16.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Piturie, 52.9% were couple families with children, 41.2% were couple families without children and 5.9% were one parent families.

In Piturie 100.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Piturie, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $900 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Piturie, of couple families with children, 34.7% had both partners employed full-time, 6.1% had both employed part-time and 8.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Piturie, 70.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 29.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Piturie, 80.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.8% were flats, units or apartments and 7.8% were other dwellings.

In Piturie, of occupied private dwellings 11.7% had 1 bedroom, 15.6% had 2 bedrooms and 22.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Piturie, 32.5% were owned outright, 3.9% were owned with a mortgage and 36.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Piturie, of all households, 64.5% were family households, 26.3% were single person households and 9.2% were group households.

In Piturie, 15.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.3% 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 Piturie, 18.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Piturie, there were 72 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 40 (or 55.6%) were male and 32 (or 44.4%) were female. The median age was 10 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 Piturie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 2.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $742.

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