Andamooka

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 592 people in Andamooka of these 55.2% were male and 44.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Andamooka was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.5% of the population.

Of people in Andamooka aged 15 years and over, 37.7% were married and 21.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Andamooka was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Andamooka, of people aged 15 years and over, 35.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 20.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Andamooka was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Andamooka 32.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.4% were in primary school, 13.5% in secondary school and 5.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Andamooka were Australian 24.1%, English 22.8%, Irish 8.1%, German 7.6% and Scottish 6.4%.

In Andamooka, 68.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, Germany 2.7%, South Eastern Europe (includes Yugoslavia) 1.5%, Hungary 1.0% and Croatia 0.7%.

In Andamooka, 62.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Andamooka were No Religion 27.7%, Catholic 19.6%, Anglican 10.3%, Uniting Church 5.4% and Christian, nfd 4.7%.

In Andamooka 78.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.2%, German 1.0%, Hungarian 0.8%, Italian 0.7% and Croatian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 234 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Andamooka. Of these 66.2% were employed full time, 20.5% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Andamooka, 5.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 59.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Andamooka was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Andamooka included Machinery Operators And Drivers 26.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 19.9%, Labourers 15.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.4%, Professionals 7.1%, Managers 5.3% and Sales Workers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Andamooka, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 17.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.8%, School Education 5.3%, Other Mining Support Services 4.9% and Accommodation 4.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Andamooka was $469.

In Andamooka, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.5%, Car, as passenger 9.3%, Walked only 6.6%, Other 1.3% and Car as driver, truck 1.3%. On the day, 1.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Andamooka, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.9% provided care for children and 8.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.5% 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 Andamooka, 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Andamooka, 39.8% were couple families with children, 42.2% were couple families without children and 18.0% were one parent families.

In Andamooka 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Andamooka, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,583 and those without children was $2,374.

Employment status of couple families

In Andamooka, of couple families with children, 21.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 18.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Andamooka, 57.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 43.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Andamooka, 96.0% were separate houses, 2.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Andamooka, of occupied private dwellings 14.2% had 1 bedroom, 26.2% had 2 bedrooms and 41.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Andamooka, 37.6% were owned outright, 26.1% were owned with a mortgage and 30.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Andamooka, of all households, 54.4% were family households, 40.7% were single person households and 4.9% were group households.

In Andamooka, 38.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.4% 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 Andamooka, 33.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Andamooka, there were 22 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 31.8%) were male and 15 (or 68.2%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Andamooka, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,333.

In Andamooka, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.