Marble Bar

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 512 people in Marble Bar of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 75.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Marble Bar was 28 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 30.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.2% of the population.

Of people in Marble Bar aged 15 years and over, 27.8% were married and 10.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Marble Bar was 40 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Marble Bar, of people aged 15 years and over, 12.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Marble Bar was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Marble Bar 31.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 45.1% were in primary school, 15.9% in secondary school and 3.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Marble Bar were Australian Aboriginal 50.4%, Australian 18.0%, English 14.6%, Scottish 2.5% and Irish 2.3%.

In Marble Bar, 88.8% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 2.5%, England 1.6%, Philippines 0.8% and South Africa 0.8%.

In Marble Bar, 90.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Marble Bar were Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 27.7%, No Religion 26.4%, Catholic 10.7%, Anglican 8.4% and Baptist 5.1%.

In Marble Bar 48.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Nyangumarta 32.9%, Nyamal 4.1%, Warnman 1.6%, Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 1.2% and Western Desert Language, nec 0.8%.

Employment

There were 174 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Marble Bar. Of these 46.6% were employed full time, 29.3% were employed part-time and 13.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Marble Bar, 18.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Marble Bar was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 32 years.

The most common occupations in Marble Bar included Labourers 27.6%, Professionals 13.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.5%, Managers 9.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.2% and Sales Workers 2.0%.

Of the employed people in Marble Bar, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 16.4%, Metal Ore Mining 9.2%, Local Government Administration 7.9%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 7.9% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 5.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Marble Bar was $289.

In Marble Bar, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 46.7%, Car, as driver 25.7%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Other 3.3% and Bus 2.6%. On the day, 2.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 28.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Marble Bar, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 43.3% provided care for children and 14.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.4% 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 Marble Bar, 18.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 3.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Marble Bar, 39.8% were couple families with children, 17.2% were couple families without children and 36.6% were one parent families.

In Marble Bar 8.1% of single parents were male and 91.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Marble Bar, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,166 and those without children was $2,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Marble Bar, of couple families with children, 11.3% had both partners employed full-time, 13.2% had both employed part-time and 9.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Marble Bar, 73.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 26.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Marble Bar, 85.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.8% were flats, units or apartments and 7.0% were other dwellings.

In Marble Bar, of occupied private dwellings 5.5% had 1 bedroom, 24.4% had 2 bedrooms and 40.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Marble Bar, 10.3% were owned outright, 3.2% were owned with a mortgage and 74.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Marble Bar, of all households, 59.4% were family households, 38.3% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Marble Bar, 25.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.9% 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 Marble Bar, 42.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 14.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Marble Bar, there were 387 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 188 (or 48.6%) were male and 199 (or 51.4%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Marble Bar, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.1, with 1.8 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $716.

In Marble Bar, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $45 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.