Halls Creek (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,443 people in Halls Creek (L) of these 47.0% were male and 53.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 74.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Halls Creek (L) was 28 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 29.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.1% of the population.

Of people in Halls Creek (L) aged 15 years and over, 25.3% were married and 13.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Halls Creek (L) was 41 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Halls Creek (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 21.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Halls Creek (L) was 41 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Halls Creek (L) 30.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.7% were in primary school, 21.0% in secondary school and 12.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Halls Creek (L) were Australian Aboriginal 52.5%, Australian 14.8%, English 11.5%, Scottish 3.0% and Irish 3.0%.

In Halls Creek (L), 91.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.5%, New Zealand 1.0%, India 0.6%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 0.3% and Philippines 0.3%.

In Halls Creek (L), 87.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Halls Creek (L) were Pentecostal 23.6%, No Religion 17.2%, Catholic 15.9%, Other Protestant 12.6% and Uniting Church 6.0%.

In Halls Creek (L) 67.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Jaru 12.7%, Kriol 3.8%, Kija 3.1%, Gooniyandi 2.6% and Walmajarri 1.0%.

Employment

There were 535 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Halls Creek (L). Of these 60.7% were employed full time, 16.3% were employed part-time and 15.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Halls Creek (L), 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 56.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Halls Creek (L) was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Halls Creek (L) included Professionals 23.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 21.7%, Labourers 16.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.8%, Managers 8.9%, Sales Workers 3.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Halls Creek (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 16.1%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 8.2%, Accommodation 5.7%, Local Government Administration 5.7% and Hospitals 4.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Halls Creek (L) was $354.

In Halls Creek (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 38.6%, Car, as driver 33.3%, Car, as passenger 11.9%, Bus 2.2% and Truck 0.9%. On the day, 2.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 45.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Halls Creek (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 67.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.2% provided care for children and 16.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 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 Halls Creek (L), 24.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Halls Creek (L), 32.2% were couple families with children, 26.5% were couple families without children and 37.9% were one parent families.

In Halls Creek (L) 13.0% of single parents were male and 87.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Halls Creek (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $2,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Halls Creek (L), of couple families with children, 25.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 5.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Halls Creek (L), 78.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Halls Creek (L), 71.1% were separate houses, 9.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.4% were flats, units or apartments and 14.0% were other dwellings.

In Halls Creek (L), of occupied private dwellings 9.6% had 1 bedroom, 20.6% had 2 bedrooms and 46.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 3.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Halls Creek (L), 8.4% were owned outright, 3.6% were owned with a mortgage and 86.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Halls Creek (L), of all households, 72.7% were family households, 22.8% were single person households and 4.5% were group households.

In Halls Creek (L), 23.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.5% 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 Halls Creek (L), 38.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 15.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Halls Creek (L), there were 1,076 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 492 (or 45.7%) were male and 584 (or 54.3%) 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 Halls Creek (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 $826.

In Halls Creek (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $90 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,058.