Bardi (One Arm Point) (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 334 people in Bardi (One Arm Point) (L) of these 51.2% were male and 48.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 90.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Bardi (One Arm Point) (L) was 21 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 39.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.8% of the population.

Of people in Bardi (One Arm Point) (L) aged 15 years and over, 31.4% were married and 2.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bardi (One Arm Point) (L) was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Bardi (One Arm Point) (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 16.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 40.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bardi (One Arm Point) (L) was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Bardi (One Arm Point) (L) 35.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 52.1% were in primary school, 18.8% in secondary school and 5.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bardi (One Arm Point) (L) were Australian Aboriginal 68.7%, Australian 7.4%, English 4.5%, Malay 4.0% and Torres Strait Islander 2.7%.

In Bardi (One Arm Point) (L), 97.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 0.9% and South Africa 0.9%.

In Bardi (One Arm Point) (L), 94.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 2.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bardi (One Arm Point) (L) were Catholic 37.7%, No Religion 17.7%, Uniting Church 16.5%, Christian, nfd 8.1% and Other Protestant 3.6%.

In Bardi (One Arm Point) (L) 78.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Bardi 15.7%, Kriol 1.5% and Afrikaans 1.2%.

Employment

There were 98 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bardi (One Arm Point) (L). Of these 37.8% were employed full time, 28.6% were employed part-time and 24.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bardi (One Arm Point) (L), 6.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bardi (One Arm Point) (L) was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 30 years.

The most common occupations in Bardi (One Arm Point) (L) included Professionals 21.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 21.1%, Labourers 21.1%, Managers 13.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.3% and Sales Workers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Bardi (One Arm Point) (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 24.4%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 14.1%, Metal Ore Mining 7.7%, Residential Building Construction 6.4% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bardi (One Arm Point) (L) was $303.

In Bardi (One Arm Point) (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 45.5%, Car, as driver 27.3%, Other 6.5%, Bicycle 5.2% and Bus 3.9%. On the day, 3.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 34.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bardi (One Arm Point) (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 68.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 43.1% provided care for children and 13.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.4% 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 Bardi (One Arm Point) (L), 24.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bardi (One Arm Point) (L), 56.9% were couple families with children, 13.9% were couple families without children and 25.0% were one parent families.

In Bardi (One Arm Point) (L) 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bardi (One Arm Point) (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $2,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Bardi (One Arm Point) (L), of couple families with children, 16.0% had both partners employed full-time, 6.0% had both employed part-time and 6.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bardi (One Arm Point) (L), 74.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 26.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bardi (One Arm Point) (L), 94.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Bardi (One Arm Point) (L), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 12.3% had 2 bedrooms and 49.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 3.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bardi (One Arm Point) (L), 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 94.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Bardi (One Arm Point) (L), of all households, 86.3% were family households, 13.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Bardi (One Arm Point) (L), 23.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.1% 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 Bardi (One Arm Point) (L), 43.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 17.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bardi (One Arm Point) (L), there were 302 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 148 (or 49.0%) were male and 154 (or 51.0%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Bardi (One Arm Point) (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.1, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $840.

In Bardi (One Arm Point) (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $95 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.