Finke

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 162 people in Finke of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 90.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Finke was 21 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 31.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.1% of the population.

Of people in Finke aged 15 years and over, 52.3% were married and 7.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Finke was 28 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Finke, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Finke was 32 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Finke 27.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 45.8% were in primary school, 12.5% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Finke were Australian Aboriginal 78.8%, Australian 5.6%, Torres Strait Islander 2.8%, English 1.7% and Irish 1.7%.

In Finke, 94.5% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.8% and India 1.8%.

In Finke, 93.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Finke were Uniting Church 28.0%, Lutheran 18.9%, No Religion 14.0%, Seventh-day Adventist 11.0% and Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 7.9%.

In Finke 8.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Yankunytjatjara 54.3%, Pitjantjatjara 4.9%, Arrernte, nec 3.1%, Luritja 2.5% and Malayalam 1.9%.

Employment

There were 49 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Finke. Of these 38.8% were employed full time, 16.3% were employed part-time and 22.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Finke, 0.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Finke was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Finke were Professionals 30.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 22.2%, Labourers 19.4%, Managers 8.3% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.3%.

Of the employed people in Finke, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 47.5%, Central Government Administration 7.5%, State Government Administration 7.5%, Hospitals 7.5% and Other Social Assistance Services 7.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Finke was $317.

In Finke, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Walked only 69.2%, Car, as driver 7.7% and Car, as passenger 7.7%. 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 8.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Finke, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 45.8% provided care for children and 13.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.2% 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 Finke, 22.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Finke, 59.4% were couple families with children, 15.6% were couple families without children and 25.0% were one parent families.

In Finke 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Finke, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $0.

Employment status of couple families

In Finke, of couple families with children, 13.6% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 0.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Finke, 75.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 24.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Finke, 85.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.3% were flats, units or apartments and 7.3% were other dwellings.

In Finke, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 20.5% had 2 bedrooms and 35.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 3.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Finke, 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 73.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Finke, of all households, 73.2% were family households, 26.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Finke, 36.4% 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 Finke, 9.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 0.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 0.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Finke, there were 149 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 74 (or 49.7%) were male and 75 (or 50.3%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Finke, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $712.

In Finke, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $22 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.