Gunbalanya

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,171 people in Gunbalanya of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 88.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Gunbalanya was 23 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 30.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.8% of the population.

Of people in Gunbalanya aged 15 years and over, 52.3% were married and 10.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gunbalanya was 34 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Gunbalanya, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 1.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gunbalanya was 36 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 25 years.

In Gunbalanya 36.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.0% were in primary school, 22.6% in secondary school and 8.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gunbalanya were Australian Aboriginal 85.4%, Australian 2.8%, English 1.9%, Irish 1.2% and Scottish 0.9%.

In Gunbalanya, 99.7% of people were born in Australia. There were no other responses for country of birth.

In Gunbalanya, 95.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 2.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gunbalanya were Anglican 37.9%, No Religion 14.2%, Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 5.5%, Catholic 2.2% and Christian, nfd 2.0%.

In Gunbalanya 11.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Kunwinjku 77.4%, Kriol 1.4%, Burarra 0.8%, Maung 0.4% and Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 0.4%.

Employment

There were 346 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gunbalanya. Of these 47.4% were employed full time, 27.5% were employed part-time and 15.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gunbalanya, 18.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gunbalanya was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Gunbalanya included Professionals 20.3%, Labourers 19.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.8%, Managers 11.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.6% and Sales Workers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Gunbalanya, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 22.4%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 12.1%, School Education 7.9%, Residential Building Construction 4.8% and Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gunbalanya was $253.

In Gunbalanya, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 50.5%, Car, as driver 17.0%, Car, as passenger 9.3%, Bus 7.3% and Other 2.1%. On the day, 7.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 28.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gunbalanya, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 48.0% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 3.9% 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 Gunbalanya, 15.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 4.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 2.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gunbalanya, 52.3% were couple families with children, 14.9% were couple families without children and 30.2% were one parent families.

In Gunbalanya 15.5% of single parents were male and 84.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gunbalanya, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $966 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Gunbalanya, of couple families with children, 8.8% had both partners employed full-time, 6.3% had both employed part-time and 5.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gunbalanya, 87.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gunbalanya, 91.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.7% were other dwellings.

In Gunbalanya, of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 21.7% had 2 bedrooms and 56.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 5.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gunbalanya, 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 96.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Gunbalanya, of all households, 85.3% were family households, 12.7% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Gunbalanya, 11.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.2% 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 Gunbalanya, 27.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 7.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 2.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gunbalanya, there were 1,039 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 514 (or 49.5%) were male and 525 (or 50.5%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Gunbalanya, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6.4, with 2.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,317.

In Gunbalanya, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $98 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.