Mimili (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 281 people in Mimili (L) of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 88.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Mimili (L) was 24 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.1% of the population.

Of people in Mimili (L) aged 15 years and over, 54.9% were married and 6.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mimili (L) was 32 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Mimili (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 51.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mimili (L) was 34 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 0 years.

In Mimili (L) 27.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.7% were in primary school, 31.9% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mimili (L) were Australian Aboriginal 85.5%, English 2.8%, German 1.8%, Australian 1.4% and Torres Strait Islander 1.4%.

In Mimili (L), 98.9% of people were born in Australia. There were no other responses for country of birth.

In Mimili (L), 94.5% 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 Mimili (L) were Uniting Church 35.5%, No Religion 29.0%, Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 17.6%, Lutheran 8.2% and Pentecostal 1.8%.

In Mimili (L) 13.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Pitjantjatjara 73.8%, Yankunytjatjara 6.8% and Luritja 3.2%.

Employment

There were 99 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mimili (L). Of these 41.4% were employed full time, 28.3% were employed part-time and 11.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mimili (L), 4.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mimili (L) was 33 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Mimili (L) were Professionals 31.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 27.9%, Labourers 18.6%, Managers 11.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.0% and Sales Workers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Mimili (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 22.4%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 12.9%, State Government Administration 9.4%, Creative and Performing Arts Activities 8.2% and Forestry Support Services 7.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mimili (L) was $307.

In Mimili (L), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Walked only 62.8%, Car, as passenger 12.8%, Car, as driver 11.6% and Car as driver, car as passenger 7.0%. 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 29.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mimili (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 84.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 54.2% provided care for children and 13.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.3% 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 Mimili (L), 31.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mimili (L), 46.4% were couple families with children, 33.3% were couple families without children and 20.3% were one parent families.

In Mimili (L) 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mimili (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $979 and those without children was $983.

Employment status of couple families

In Mimili (L), of couple families with children, 12.5% had both partners employed full-time, 7.1% had both employed part-time and 8.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mimili (L), 82.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mimili (L), 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 Mimili (L), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 24.2% had 2 bedrooms and 62.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 3.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mimili (L), 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 100.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Mimili (L), of all households, 90.3% were family households, 9.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Mimili (L), 10.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.6% 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 Mimili (L), 32.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 15.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 0.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mimili (L), there were 245 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 123 (or 50.2%) were male and 122 (or 49.8%) 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 Mimili (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.2, with 1.8 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $860.

In Mimili (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $60 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.