Jigalong (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 357 people in Jigalong (L) of these 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 90.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Jigalong (L) was 23 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 32.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.2% of the population.

Of people in Jigalong (L) aged 15 years and over, 49.6% were married and 6.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Jigalong (L) was 35 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Jigalong (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 38.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Jigalong (L) was 40 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Jigalong (L) 38.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 47.5% were in primary school, 13.7% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Jigalong (L) were Australian Aboriginal 82.1%, Australian 2.6%, English 2.3%, German 1.1% and Maori 0.9%.

In Jigalong (L), 98.3% of people were born in Australia. There were no other responses for country of birth.

In Jigalong (L), 96.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 1.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Jigalong (L) were Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 24.6%, Seventh-day Adventist 20.7%, Baptist 11.8%, Pentecostal 9.8% and No Religion 6.7%.

In Jigalong (L) 8.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Martu Wangka 40.7%, Kartujarra 19.9%, Manyjilyjarra 16.0%, Walmajarri 0.8% and Warnman 0.8%.

Employment

There were 89 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Jigalong (L). Of these 37.1% were employed full time, 39.3% were employed part-time and 16.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Jigalong (L), 15.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 30.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Jigalong (L) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Jigalong (L) were Professionals 32.0%, Labourers 28.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.3%, Managers 10.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.0% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Jigalong (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 23.3%, Parks and Gardens Operations 15.1%, Local Government Administration 12.3%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 8.2% and Residential Building Construction 5.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Jigalong (L) was $275.

In Jigalong (L), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Walked only 58.1%, Car, as driver 20.3%, Car, as passenger 9.5% and Taxi, car as passenger, other 4.1%. 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 30.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Jigalong (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 65.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 54.1% provided care for children and 28.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.7% 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 Jigalong (L), 21.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Jigalong (L), 56.9% were couple families with children, 20.0% were couple families without children and 23.1% were one parent families.

In Jigalong (L) 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Jigalong (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,583 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Jigalong (L), of couple families with children, 8.3% had both partners employed full-time, 6.2% had both employed part-time and 6.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Jigalong (L), 80.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jigalong (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 Jigalong (L), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 8.9% had 2 bedrooms and 75.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 4.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jigalong (L), 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 93.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Jigalong (L), of all households, 75.9% were family households, 19.0% were single person households and 5.2% were group households.

In Jigalong (L), 10.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.6% 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 Jigalong (L), 27.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 15.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Jigalong (L), there were 324 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 167 (or 51.5%) were male and 157 (or 48.5%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Jigalong (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5.3, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,527.

In Jigalong (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $70 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.