Emungalan

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 349 people in Emungalan of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 83.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Emungalan was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.2% of the population.

Of people in Emungalan aged 15 years and over, 45.9% were married and 12.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Emungalan was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Emungalan, of people aged 15 years and over, 25.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Emungalan was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Emungalan 24.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.1% were in primary school, 15.3% in secondary school and 7.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Emungalan were Australian Aboriginal 71.8%, Australian 10.3%, English 5.8%, Spanish 2.1% and Irish 1.8%.

In Emungalan, 94.2% of people were born in Australia. There were no other responses for country of birth.

In Emungalan, 97.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 0.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Emungalan were Baptist 39.2%, No Religion 21.6%, Anglican 8.4%, Catholic 6.1% and Pentecostal 4.6%.

In Emungalan 35.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Kriol 33.6%, Warlpiri 15.1%, Gurindji 2.6%, Jawoyn 0.9% and Ngaliwurru 0.9%.

Employment

There were 99 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Emungalan. Of these 29.3% were employed full time, 34.3% were employed part-time and 31.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Emungalan, 44.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 22.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Emungalan was 27 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Emungalan included Community and Personal Service Workers 25.8%, Labourers 24.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.3%, Managers 6.5%, Professionals 6.5%, Sales Workers 4.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Emungalan, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Social Assistance Services 21.0%, Market Research and Statistical Services 8.1%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 8.1%, Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 6.5% and Pubs, Taverns and Bars 6.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Emungalan was $251.

In Emungalan, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 38.7%, Car, as passenger 27.4% and Walked only 22.6%. 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 53.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Emungalan, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.3% provided care for children and 4.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 6.7% 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 Emungalan, 13.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 3.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Emungalan, 39.4% were couple families with children, 35.2% were couple families without children and 21.1% were one parent families.

In Emungalan 35.7% of single parents were male and 64.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Emungalan, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,281 and those without children was $500.

Employment status of couple families

In Emungalan, of couple families with children, 5.5% had both partners employed full-time, 5.5% had both employed part-time and 7.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Emungalan, 96.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Emungalan, 58.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.9% were flats, units or apartments and 37.0% were other dwellings.

In Emungalan, of occupied private dwellings 3.7% had 1 bedroom, 4.9% had 2 bedrooms and 34.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 3.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Emungalan, 3.7% were owned outright, 8.6% were owned with a mortgage and 55.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Emungalan, of all households, 72.5% were family households, 22.5% were single person households and 5.0% were group households.

In Emungalan, 52.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.2% 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 Emungalan, 15.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 11.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 3.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Emungalan, there were 291 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 143 (or 49.1%) were male and 148 (or 50.9%) were female. The median age was 36 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 Emungalan, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.7 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $482.

In Emungalan, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.