Miniyeri

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 484 people in Miniyeri of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 91.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Miniyeri was 19 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 41.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 1.7% of the population.

Of people in Miniyeri aged 15 years and over, 54.4% were married and 13.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Miniyeri was 31 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Miniyeri, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 1.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Miniyeri was 34 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 51 years.

In Miniyeri 45.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 44.5% were in primary school, 14.2% in secondary school and 20.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Miniyeri were Australian Aboriginal 89.5%, Australian 3.3%, English 1.4%, Chinese 1.4% and Torres Strait Islander 0.6%.

In Miniyeri, 98.2% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.6% and England 0.6%.

In Miniyeri, 96.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Miniyeri were Anglican 86.0%, No Religion 8.0%, Catholic 1.4%, Christian, nfd 1.4% and Latter-day Saints 0.6%.

In Miniyeri 6.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Kriol 89.0% and Alawa 0.6%.

Employment

There were 157 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Miniyeri. Of these 33.8% were employed full time, 43.3% were employed part-time and 11.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Miniyeri, 17.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 28.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Miniyeri was 32 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Miniyeri included Labourers 37.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 25.0%, Professionals 9.3%, Managers 5.0%, Sales Workers 5.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 3.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 3.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in Miniyeri, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 41.1%, School Education 12.8%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 11.3%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 9.9% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Miniyeri was $283.

In Miniyeri, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Walked only 59.6%, Car, as passenger 24.1%, Car, as driver 7.1% and Other 2.1%. 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 31.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Miniyeri, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 64.5% provided care for children and 7.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 4.5% 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 Miniyeri, 37.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 1.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Miniyeri, 59.8% were couple families with children, 14.9% were couple families without children and 25.3% were one parent families.

In Miniyeri 22.7% of single parents were male and 77.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Miniyeri, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,083 and those without children was $2,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Miniyeri, of couple families with children, 8.1% had both partners employed full-time, 16.1% had both employed part-time and 4.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Miniyeri, 82.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Miniyeri, 91.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 8.3% were other dwellings.

In Miniyeri, of occupied private dwellings 6.8% had 1 bedroom, 30.5% had 2 bedrooms and 47.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 5.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Miniyeri, 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 100.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Miniyeri, of all households, 82.8% were family households, 17.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Miniyeri, 0.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.7% 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 Miniyeri, 33.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 13.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Miniyeri, there were 442 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 215 (or 48.6%) were male and 227 (or 51.4%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Miniyeri, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 7.3, with 3.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,833.

In Miniyeri, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $80 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.