Nitmiluk

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 221 people in Nitmiluk of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 62.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Nitmiluk was 28 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.4% of the population.

Of people in Nitmiluk aged 15 years and over, 42.8% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nitmiluk was 41 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Nitmiluk, of people aged 15 years and over, 32.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nitmiluk was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Nitmiluk 29.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.7% were in primary school, 7.9% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nitmiluk were Australian Aboriginal 48.1%, Australian 12.7%, English 10.8%, Scottish 4.6% and Irish 3.5%.

In Nitmiluk, 85.7% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 3.1%, Germany 1.3%, Netherlands 1.3% and South Africa 1.3%.

In Nitmiluk, 90.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nitmiluk were Other Protestant 22.2%, No Religion 17.6%, Catholic 9.5%, Christian, nfd 5.9% and Anglican 4.5%.

In Nitmiluk 29.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Kriol 43.4%, Mayali 9.0%, German 2.3%, Warlpiri 1.8% and Rembarrnga 1.4%.

Employment

There were 103 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nitmiluk. Of these 42.7% were employed full time, 15.5% were employed part-time and 29.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nitmiluk, 5.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nitmiluk was 28 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Nitmiluk were Community and Personal Service Workers 20.0%, Managers 17.1%, Labourers 17.1%, Professionals 15.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.7% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Nitmiluk, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 24.3%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 17.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.1%, Parks and Gardens Operations 7.1% and Accommodation 5.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nitmiluk was $272.

In Nitmiluk, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 47.9%, Car, as passenger 9.9%, Car, as driver 8.5%, Bicycle 5.6% and Truck 4.2%. 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 22.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nitmiluk, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 43.1% provided care for children and 15.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.3% 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 Nitmiluk, 17.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nitmiluk, 35.2% were couple families with children, 27.8% were couple families without children and 31.5% were one parent families.

In Nitmiluk 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nitmiluk, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,125 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Nitmiluk, of couple families with children, 27.3% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 0.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nitmiluk, 60.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 39.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nitmiluk, 60.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.1% were flats, units or apartments and 21.4% were other dwellings.

In Nitmiluk, of occupied private dwellings 16.1% had 1 bedroom, 16.1% had 2 bedrooms and 51.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 3.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nitmiluk, 22.4% were owned outright, 5.2% were owned with a mortgage and 60.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Nitmiluk, of all households, 73.7% were family households, 21.1% were single person households and 5.3% were group households.

In Nitmiluk, 29.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Nitmiluk, 32.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 15.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nitmiluk, there were 138 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 62 (or 44.9%) were male and 76 (or 55.1%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Nitmiluk, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.7, with 2.8 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $766.

In Nitmiluk, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $90 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.