Mutitjulu

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 296 people in Mutitjulu of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 75.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Mutitjulu was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.1% of the population.

Of people in Mutitjulu aged 15 years and over, 47.7% were married and 10.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mutitjulu was 40 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Mutitjulu, of people aged 15 years and over, 36.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mutitjulu was 38 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Mutitjulu 33.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 17.2% were in primary school, 11.1% in secondary school and 4.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mutitjulu were Australian Aboriginal 71.2%, English 7.8%, Australian 5.6%, German 2.0% and Scottish 1.3%.

In Mutitjulu, 98.6% of people were born in Australia. There were no other responses for country of birth.

In Mutitjulu, 88.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mutitjulu were Lutheran 60.8%, No Religion 14.9%, Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 5.4%, Christian, nfd 2.7% and Uniting Church 2.7%.

In Mutitjulu 25.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Pitjantjatjara 61.7%, Yankunytjatjara 2.7%, Warlpiri 1.7%, Italian 1.0% and Arrernte, nec 1.0%.

Employment

There were 95 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mutitjulu. Of these 49.5% were employed full time, 27.4% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mutitjulu, 22.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mutitjulu was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Mutitjulu were Professionals 34.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 19.6%, Managers 13.0%, Labourers 9.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.4% and Sales Workers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Mutitjulu, the most common responses for industry of employment included Parks and Gardens Operations 23.9%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 14.1%, Creative and Performing Arts Activities 8.7%, Local Government Administration 7.6% and School Education 7.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mutitjulu was $179.

In Mutitjulu, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 47.8%, Car, as passenger 20.7%, Walked only 8.7%, Car as driver, car as passenger 7.6% and Bus 4.3%. On the day, 3.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mutitjulu, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.9% provided care for children and 21.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.4% 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 Mutitjulu, 20.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 3.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 1.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mutitjulu, 36.2% were couple families with children, 33.3% were couple families without children and 23.2% were one parent families.

In Mutitjulu 22.2% of single parents were male and 77.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mutitjulu, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,166 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Mutitjulu, of couple families with children, 13.2% had both partners employed full-time, 5.7% had both employed part-time and 7.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mutitjulu, 80.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mutitjulu, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mutitjulu, of occupied private dwellings 4.1% had 1 bedroom, 31.1% had 2 bedrooms and 37.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mutitjulu, 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 93.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Mutitjulu, of all households, 68.4% were family households, 27.6% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Mutitjulu, 38.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.2% 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 Mutitjulu, 35.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mutitjulu, there were 226 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 113 (or 50.0%) were male and 113 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Mutitjulu, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $549.

In Mutitjulu, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $10 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.