Galiwinku

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,124 people in Galiwinku of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 89.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Galiwinku was 24 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 35.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.2% of the population.

Of people in Galiwinku aged 15 years and over, 52.0% were married and 5.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Galiwinku was 35 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Galiwinku, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.8% were in a de facto marriage.

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

In Galiwinku 34.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 49.4% were in primary school, 17.2% in secondary school and 5.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Galiwinku were Australian Aboriginal 82.2%, Australian 4.0%, English 3.6%, Torres Strait Islander 1.4% and Irish 1.1%.

In Galiwinku, 99.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 0.1% and France 0.1%.

In Galiwinku, 94.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Galiwinku were Uniting Church 51.4%, Christian, nfd 36.9%, No Religion 5.7%, Catholic 1.6% and Anglican 0.8%.

In Galiwinku 9.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Djambarrpuyngu 78.6%, Galpu 3.8%, Gumatj 1.6%, Daatiwuy 0.4% and Wangurri 0.4%.

Employment

There were 631 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Galiwinku. Of these 57.1% were employed full time, 18.2% were employed part-time and 11.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Galiwinku, 5.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Galiwinku was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Galiwinku included Professionals 25.0%, Labourers 22.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.0%, Managers 7.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.5%, Sales Workers 5.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 0.7%.

Of the employed people in Galiwinku, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 18.0%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 15.1%, School Education 7.7%, Residential Building Construction 6.3% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Galiwinku was $273.

In Galiwinku, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 52.1%, Car, as driver 15.5%, Car, as passenger 10.6%, Bus 2.2% and Other 2.0%. On the day, 2.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 27.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Galiwinku, of people aged 15 years and over, 86.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 72.6% provided care for children and 17.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.7% 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 Galiwinku, 32.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Galiwinku, 53.6% were couple families with children, 15.1% were couple families without children and 31.4% were one parent families.

In Galiwinku 12.1% of single parents were male and 87.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Galiwinku, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,187 and those without children was $2,299.

Employment status of couple families

In Galiwinku, of couple families with children, 17.4% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 6.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Galiwinku, 94.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Galiwinku, 96.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.1% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

In Galiwinku, of occupied private dwellings 5.0% had 1 bedroom, 26.7% had 2 bedrooms and 40.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 5.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Galiwinku, 1.2% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 94.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Galiwinku, of all households, 82.9% were family households, 15.4% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Galiwinku, 4.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.2% 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 Galiwinku, 29.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 10.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Galiwinku, there were 1,890 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 938 (or 49.6%) were male and 952 (or 50.4%) 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 Galiwinku, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 7, with 2.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,788.

In Galiwinku, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $40 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.