Poruma Island

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 149 people in Poruma Island of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 100.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Poruma Island was 22 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 32.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.7% of the population.

Of people in Poruma Island aged 15 years and over, 24.8% were married and 4.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Poruma Island was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Poruma Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 19.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Poruma Island was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Poruma Island 30.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 54.3% were in primary school, 13.0% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Poruma Island were Torres Strait Islander 50.9%, Scottish 14.0%, Australian South Sea Islander 8.3%, Australian Aboriginal 5.7% and American 3.4%.

In Poruma Island, 100.0% of people were born in Australia. There were no other responses for country of birth.

In Poruma Island, 96.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 0.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The only responses for religion in Poruma Island were Anglican 35.3%, Pentecostal 33.3%, Christian, nfd 4.7% and No Religion 2.0%.

In Poruma Island 6.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 86.6%.

Employment

There were 68 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Poruma Island. Of these 35.3% were employed full time, 55.9% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Poruma Island, 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 6.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Poruma Island was 24 years and for people who were employed part-time was 27 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Poruma Island were Labourers 31.3%, Professionals 22.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0% and Managers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Poruma Island, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 29.0%, School Education 21.7%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 21.7%, Hospitals 8.7% and Employment Services 7.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Poruma Island was $396.

In Poruma Island, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Walked only 79.4%, Car, as driver 4.4%, Motorbike/scooter 4.4% and Other 4.4%. 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 4.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Poruma Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 87.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 50.0% provided care for children and 22.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 75.8% 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 Poruma Island, 23.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 23.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Poruma Island, 41.9% were couple families with children, 16.1% were couple families without children and 41.9% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Poruma Island, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,041.

Employment status of couple families

In Poruma Island, of couple families with children, 0.0% had both partners employed full-time, 20.0% had both employed part-time and 20.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Poruma Island, 81.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Poruma Island, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Poruma Island, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 0.0% had 2 bedrooms and 44.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4.2. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Poruma Island, 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 100.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Poruma Island, of all households, 81.6% were family households, 18.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Poruma Island, 22.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Poruma Island, 8.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 0.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 0.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Poruma Island, there were 145 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 74 (or 51.0%) were male and 71 (or 49.0%) 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 Poruma Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $711.

In Poruma Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $68 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.