Warruwi

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 423 people in Warruwi of these 51.8% were male and 48.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 94.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Warruwi was 17 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 37.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.6% of the population.

Of people in Warruwi aged 15 years and over, 53.0% were married and 10.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Warruwi was 38 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Warruwi, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Warruwi was 38 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Warruwi 35.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 65.6% were in primary school, 23.4% in secondary school and 1.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Warruwi were Australian Aboriginal 93.1%, English 1.4%, Torres Strait Islander 1.2%, Australian 0.7% and Italian 0.7%.

In Warruwi, 100.0% of people were born in Australia. There were no other responses for country of birth.

In Warruwi, 98.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 0.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Warruwi were Uniting Church 38.6%, Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 32.0%, Catholic 11.1%, No Religion 6.4% and Anglican 3.8%.

In Warruwi 6.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Maung 69.0%, Kunwinjku 7.4%, Kunbarlang 4.5%, Galpu 2.1% and Gupapuyngu 1.9%.

Employment

There were 169 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Warruwi. Of these 33.7% were employed full time, 32.0% were employed part-time and 27.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Warruwi, 0.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 31.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 26.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Warruwi was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Warruwi were Professionals 32.8%, Labourers 27.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.4%, Sales Workers 9.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.4% and Managers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in Warruwi, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 37.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 14.4%, School Education 12.0%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 11.2% and Creative and Performing Arts Activities 5.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Warruwi was $325.

In Warruwi, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Walked only 76.4%, Car, as driver 14.6%, Car, as passenger 5.7% and Bicycle 3.3%. On the day, 2.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 21.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Warruwi, of people aged 15 years and over, 88.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 77.9% provided care for children and 25.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 49.8% 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 Warruwi, 17.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Warruwi, 39.4% were couple families with children, 23.2% were couple families without children and 37.4% were one parent families.

In Warruwi 36.8% of single parents were male and 63.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Warruwi, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,041 and those without children was $1,291.

Employment status of couple families

In Warruwi, of couple families with children, 17.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 6.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Warruwi, 82.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Warruwi, 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 Warruwi, of occupied private dwellings 4.2% had 1 bedroom, 12.7% had 2 bedrooms and 52.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 5.6 people.

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

Household composition

In Warruwi, of all households, 85.1% were family households, 9.0% were single person households and 6.0% were group households.

In Warruwi, 0.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.7% 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 Warruwi, 21.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 7.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 0.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Warruwi, there were 402 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 212 (or 52.7%) were male and 190 (or 47.3%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Warruwi, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6.8, with 2.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,666.

In Warruwi, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.