Bayulu (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 320 people in Bayulu (L) of these 46.9% were male and 53.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 96.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Bayulu (L) was 19 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 40.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 1.9% of the population.

Of people in Bayulu (L) aged 15 years and over, 35.4% were married and 2.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bayulu (L) was 39 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Bayulu (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 20.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 25.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bayulu (L) was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Bayulu (L) 36.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 65.5% were in primary school, 7.8% in secondary school and 5.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bayulu (L) were Australian Aboriginal 86.4%, Torres Strait Islander 4.0%, Australian 3.8%, English 3.2% and German 0.9%.

In Bayulu (L), 95.7% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 1.5%, England 0.9% and Ireland 0.9%.

In Bayulu (L), 97.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 1.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bayulu (L) were Other Protestant 82.8%, No Religion 9.1%, Catholic 2.2%, Anglican 1.2% and Uniting Church 1.2%.

In Bayulu (L) 6.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Kriol 84.7%, Gooniyandi 3.4% and Walmajarri 1.2%.

Employment

There were 89 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bayulu (L). Of these 38.2% were employed full time, 52.8% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bayulu (L), 12.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 24.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bayulu (L) was 33 years and for people who were employed part-time was 29 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Bayulu (L) were Labourers 47.1%, Professionals 16.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.9%, Managers 5.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.6% and Technicians and Trades Workers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Bayulu (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 31.0%, School Education 14.9%, Local Government Administration 10.3%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 9.2% and Residential Building Construction 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bayulu (L) was $285.

In Bayulu (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 43.0%, Car, as passenger 22.1%, Bus 10.5%, Car, as driver 10.5% and Truck 7.0%. On the day, 10.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 29.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bayulu (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 83.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 53.2% provided care for children and 8.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.7% 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 Bayulu (L), 28.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bayulu (L), 36.6% were couple families with children, 14.1% were couple families without children and 45.1% were one parent families.

In Bayulu (L) 9.4% of single parents were male and 90.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bayulu (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $700 and those without children was $0.

Employment status of couple families

In Bayulu (L), of couple families with children, 0.0% had both partners employed full-time, 8.1% had both employed part-time and 8.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bayulu (L), 95.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bayulu (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 Bayulu (L), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 12.9% had 2 bedrooms and 45.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 4.8 people.

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

Household composition

In Bayulu (L), of all households, 100.0% were family households, 0.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Bayulu (L), 32.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Bayulu (L), 29.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 0.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 0.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bayulu (L), there were 309 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 143 (or 46.3%) were male and 166 (or 53.7%) 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 Bayulu (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.9, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $881.

In Bayulu (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $30 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.