Rum Jungle

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 538 people in Rum Jungle of these 55.8% were male and 44.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 15.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Rum Jungle was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.1% of the population.

Of people in Rum Jungle aged 15 years and over, 36.8% were married and 22.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rum Jungle was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 36 years.

In Rum Jungle, of people aged 15 years and over, 36.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 20.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rum Jungle was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Rum Jungle 32.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 13.4% were in primary school, 21.5% in secondary school and 10.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rum Jungle were Australian 30.2%, English 24.4%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 6.8% and German 4.9%.

In Rum Jungle, 69.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.9%, New Zealand 2.8%, Philippines 1.9%, Germany 1.7% and Switzerland 1.5%.

In Rum Jungle, 67.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rum Jungle were No Religion 27.7%, Catholic 17.8%, Anglican 16.0%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.1% and Christian, nfd 3.5%.

In Rum Jungle 79.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included French 1.7%, Tagalog 1.5%, Spanish 1.1%, German 0.7% and Thai 0.7%.

Employment

There were 253 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rum Jungle. Of these 60.5% were employed full time, 22.5% were employed part-time and 7.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rum Jungle, 6.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 56.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rum Jungle was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Rum Jungle included Managers 18.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.4%, Professionals 15.8%, Labourers 15.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.3% and Sales Workers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Rum Jungle, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 10.3%, Tertiary Education 8.5%, Metal Ore Mining 5.1%, Local Government Administration 4.7% and School Education 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rum Jungle was $503.

In Rum Jungle, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.2%, Car, as passenger 7.2%, Walked only 5.5%, Other 3.8% and Truck 3.4%. On the day, 1.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rum Jungle, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.6% provided care for children and 4.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.3% 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 Rum Jungle, 21.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rum Jungle, 30.5% were couple families with children, 50.4% were couple families without children and 19.1% were one parent families.

In Rum Jungle 48.0% of single parents were male and 52.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Rum Jungle, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,333 and those without children was $1,437.

Employment status of couple families

In Rum Jungle, of couple families with children, 24.8% had both partners employed full-time, 7.3% had both employed part-time and 11.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rum Jungle, 70.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 29.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rum Jungle, 87.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 10.8% were other dwellings.

In Rum Jungle, of occupied private dwellings 27.2% had 1 bedroom, 25.7% had 2 bedrooms and 26.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rum Jungle, 42.1% were owned outright, 28.2% were owned with a mortgage and 22.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Rum Jungle, of all households, 63.4% were family households, 32.2% were single person households and 4.4% were group households.

In Rum Jungle, 41.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.2% 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 Rum Jungle, 34.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rum Jungle, there were 87 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 42 (or 48.3%) were male and 45 (or 51.7%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Rum Jungle, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $582.

In Rum Jungle, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $50 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,737.