Saibai Island

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 480 people in Saibai Island of these 53.1% were male and 46.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 74.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Saibai Island was 18 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 40.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.3% of the population.

Of people in Saibai Island aged 15 years and over, 21.4% were married and 1.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Saibai Island was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Saibai Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 16.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 28.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Saibai Island was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Saibai Island 41.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.8% were in primary school, 11.1% in secondary school and 4.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Saibai Island were Torres Strait Islander 49.5%, Papua New Guinean 24.8%, Australian 2.3%, Australian Aboriginal 2.3% and English 1.9%.

In Saibai Island, 97.7% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was New Zealand 0.8%.

In Saibai Island, 59.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Saibai Island were Anglican 59.6%, Uniting Church 9.4%, Other Christian 4.4%, Christian, nfd 2.7% and Pentecostal 2.5%.

In Saibai Island 3.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Kalaw Kawaw Ya/Kalaw Lagaw Ya 28.4%, Kriol 3.1%, Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 2.5% and Kiwai 0.6%.

Employment

There were 124 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Saibai Island. Of these 37.1% were employed full time, 33.1% were employed part-time and 16.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Saibai Island, 4.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 0.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Saibai Island was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Saibai Island were Labourers 35.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 18.1%, Managers 7.6%, Professionals 7.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in Saibai Island, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 36.2%, School Education 13.3%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 12.4%, Hospitals 4.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Saibai Island was $279.

In Saibai Island, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Walked only 70.5%, Car, as driver 8.6%, Car, as passenger 2.9% and Other 2.9%. 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 11.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Saibai Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 51.1% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.6% 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 Saibai Island, 10.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 2.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 21.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Saibai Island, 52.5% were couple families with children, 5.0% were couple families without children and 35.0% were one parent families.

In Saibai Island 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Saibai Island, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,062 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Saibai Island, of couple families with children, 9.1% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 11.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Saibai Island, 75.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 24.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Saibai Island, 95.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.1% were other dwellings.

In Saibai Island, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 4.1% had 2 bedrooms and 32.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Saibai Island, 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 90.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Saibai Island, of all households, 78.7% were family households, 17.3% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Saibai Island, 49.3% 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 Saibai Island, 9.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 8.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 0.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Saibai Island, there were 358 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 185 (or 51.7%) were male and 173 (or 48.3%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Saibai Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.2, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $617.

In Saibai Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $60 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.