Gibson Desert North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 303 people in Gibson Desert North of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 90.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Gibson Desert North was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.0% of the population.

Of people in Gibson Desert North aged 15 years and over, 50.4% were married and 4.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gibson Desert North was 33 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Gibson Desert North, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gibson Desert North was 33 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Gibson Desert North 52.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 16.2% were in primary school, 1.9% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gibson Desert North were Australian Aboriginal 73.6%, Australian 6.3%, English 1.6%, Irish 1.6% and New Zealander 1.3%.

In Gibson Desert North, 98.7% of people were born in Australia. There were no other responses for country of birth.

In Gibson Desert North, 95.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 1.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gibson Desert North were Lutheran 28.1%, Catholic 18.2%, No Religion 11.9%, Baptist 4.3% and Seventh-day Adventist 2.0%.

In Gibson Desert North 9.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Pintupi 26.8%, Manyjilyjarra 13.6%, Luritja 10.6%, Kukatja 7.3% and Martu Wangka 7.3%.

Employment

There were 59 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gibson Desert North. Of these 33.9% were employed full time, 52.5% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gibson Desert North, 20.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 22.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gibson Desert North was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Gibson Desert North were Labourers 38.9%, Managers 16.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3%, Sales Workers 9.3% and Professionals 7.4%.

Of the employed people in Gibson Desert North, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 21.8%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 21.8%, Local Government Administration 14.5%, Other Social Assistance Services 7.3% and Waste Collection Services 5.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gibson Desert North was $274.

In Gibson Desert North, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Walked only 67.3%, Car, as driver 10.9% and Car, as passenger 7.3%. 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 21.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gibson Desert North, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.1% provided care for children and 16.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 6.6% 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 Gibson Desert North, 13.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 3.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 1.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gibson Desert North, 52.5% were couple families with children, 18.6% were couple families without children and 23.7% were one parent families.

In Gibson Desert North 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gibson Desert North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,233 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Gibson Desert North, of couple families with children, 0.0% had both partners employed full-time, 9.3% had both employed part-time and 7.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gibson Desert North, 69.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 30.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gibson Desert North, 83.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 7.5% were other dwellings.

In Gibson Desert North, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 15.1% had 2 bedrooms and 60.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 4.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gibson Desert North, 5.7% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 79.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Gibson Desert North, of all households, 76.9% were family households, 23.1% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Gibson Desert North, 12.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.0% 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 Gibson Desert North, 36.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 7.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gibson Desert North, there were 274 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 128 (or 46.7%) were male and 146 (or 53.3%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Gibson Desert North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5.5, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $620.

In Gibson Desert North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $30 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.