Namatjira

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 240 people in Namatjira of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 84.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Namatjira was 25 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.1% of the population.

Of people in Namatjira aged 15 years and over, 46.9% were married and 10.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Namatjira was 30 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Namatjira, of people aged 15 years and over, 35.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Namatjira was 32 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Namatjira 34.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.3% were in primary school, 4.9% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Namatjira were Australian Aboriginal 72.8%, Australian 7.0%, English 5.8%, Scottish 4.3% and Irish 1.2%.

In Namatjira, 96.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.2% and United States of America 1.2%.

In Namatjira, 93.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Namatjira were Lutheran 66.2%, No Religion 10.0%, Anglican 1.2%, Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 1.2% and Catholic 1.2%.

In Namatjira 17.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arrernte, nec 31.0%, Western Arrarnta 19.7%, Luritja 8.8%, Pitjantjatjara 6.3% and Warlpiri 2.9%.

Employment

There were 89 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Namatjira. Of these 40.4% were employed full time, 48.3% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Namatjira, 34.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 27.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Namatjira was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 32 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Namatjira were Professionals 27.7%, Labourers 27.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.5%, Managers 12.0% and Technicians and Trades Workers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Namatjira, the most common responses for industry of employment included Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 16.9%, Parks and Gardens Operations 14.5%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 12.0%, Other Construction Services 10.8% and Accommodation 8.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Namatjira was $260.

In Namatjira, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 26.8%, Walked only 25.6%, Car, as passenger 24.4% and Other 7.3%. 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 50.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Namatjira, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 40.9% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.4% 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 Namatjira, 22.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 1.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Namatjira, 42.3% were couple families with children, 25.0% were couple families without children and 26.9% were one parent families.

In Namatjira 26.7% of single parents were male and 73.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Namatjira, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $733 and those without children was $0.

Employment status of couple families

In Namatjira, of couple families with children, 13.9% had both partners employed full-time, 8.3% had both employed part-time and 8.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Namatjira, 50.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 49.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Namatjira, 82.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 17.3% were other dwellings.

In Namatjira, of occupied private dwellings 11.5% had 1 bedroom, 19.2% had 2 bedrooms and 53.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 3.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Namatjira, 0.0% were owned outright, 5.7% were owned with a mortgage and 88.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Namatjira, of all households, 74.0% were family households, 20.0% were single person households and 6.0% were group households.

In Namatjira, 33.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.1% 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 Namatjira, 43.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 7.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Namatjira, there were 204 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 99 (or 48.5%) were male and 105 (or 51.5%) 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 Namatjira, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.3, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $774.

In Namatjira, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $25 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.