Horn Island (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 539 people in Horn Island (L) of these 52.1% were male and 47.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 60.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Horn Island (L) was 26 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 31.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.2% of the population.

Of people in Horn Island (L) aged 15 years and over, 30.4% were married and 8.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Horn Island (L) was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Horn Island (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 28.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 20.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Horn Island (L) was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Horn Island (L) 42.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.9% were in primary school, 16.3% in secondary school and 6.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Horn Island (L) were Australian 34.0%, English 13.3%, Torres Strait Islander 11.0%, Irish 4.8% and Japanese 3.0%.

In Horn Island (L), 72.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.3%, Papua New Guinea 2.9%, Belgium 0.6%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.6% and Cook Islands 0.6%.

In Horn Island (L), 73.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Horn Island (L) were Anglican 19.0%, Catholic 18.9%, Pentecostal 16.1%, No Religion 11.1% and Uniting Church 6.1%.

In Horn Island (L) 43.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 14.8%, Kalaw Kawaw Ya/Kalaw Lagaw Ya 4.6%, Kriol 3.5%, Cantonese 1.3% and French 0.7%.

Employment

There were 214 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Horn Island (L). Of these 62.6% were employed full time, 19.2% were employed part-time and 7.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Horn Island (L), 8.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Horn Island (L) was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Horn Island (L) included Professionals 28.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.4%, Labourers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9%, Managers 8.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.5% and Sales Workers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Horn Island (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 10.4%, Air and Space Transport 10.0%, State Government Administration 9.0%, Local Government Administration 6.0% and Accommodation 5.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Horn Island (L) was $633.

In Horn Island (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 22.2%, Ferry 15.3%, Car, as driver 12.8%, Car, as passenger 12.8% and Bus, ferry 3.4%. On the day, 32.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 23.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Horn Island (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 51.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.6% provided care for children and 8.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.0% 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 Horn Island (L), 16.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 4.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Horn Island (L), 49.5% were couple families with children, 20.4% were couple families without children and 26.2% were one parent families.

In Horn Island (L) 32.1% of single parents were male and 67.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Horn Island (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,963 and those without children was $1,416.

Employment status of couple families

In Horn Island (L), of couple families with children, 25.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 10.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Horn Island (L), 75.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 24.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Horn Island (L), 78.9% were separate houses, 8.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.9% were flats, units or apartments and 2.8% were other dwellings.

In Horn Island (L), of occupied private dwellings 8.6% had 1 bedroom, 24.3% had 2 bedrooms and 40.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Horn Island (L), 7.1% were owned outright, 11.4% were owned with a mortgage and 70.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Horn Island (L), of all households, 66.7% were family households, 24.8% were single person households and 8.5% were group households.

In Horn Island (L), 15.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.3% 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 Horn Island (L), 33.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 13.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Horn Island (L), there were 329 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 161 (or 48.9%) were male and 168 (or 51.1%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Horn Island (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,156.

In Horn Island (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $135 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,600.