Kalumburu (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 467 people in Kalumburu (L) of these 46.9% were male and 53.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 86.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Kalumburu (L) was 22 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 37.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 3.6% of the population.

Of people in Kalumburu (L) aged 15 years and over, 14.5% were married and 6.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kalumburu (L) was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Kalumburu (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 12.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kalumburu (L) was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Kalumburu (L) 37.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 57.0% were in primary school, 12.8% in secondary school and 1.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kalumburu (L) were Australian Aboriginal 77.4%, Australian 6.8%, English 2.3%, Scottish 1.9% and Dutch 0.8%.

In Kalumburu (L), 98.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was Wales 0.6%.

In Kalumburu (L), 94.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 2.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kalumburu (L) were Catholic 77.4%, No Religion 10.0%, Uniting Church 1.5%, Christian, nfd 1.3% and Anglican 0.9%.

In Kalumburu (L) 85.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Wunambal 0.9%, Kimberley Area Languages, nec 0.9% and Kriol 0.9%.

Employment

There were 112 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kalumburu (L). Of these 39.3% were employed full time, 26.8% were employed part-time and 25.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kalumburu (L), 3.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 17.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kalumburu (L) was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 29 years.

The most common occupations in Kalumburu (L) included Professionals 31.0%, Labourers 27.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.5%, Managers 5.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.6% and Sales Workers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Kalumburu (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 29.1%, School Education 18.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.8%, Other Health Care Services 5.8% and Metal Ore Mining 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kalumburu (L) was $280.

In Kalumburu (L), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Walked only 70.9%, Car, as driver 14.0%, Bus 3.5% and Car, as passenger 3.5%. On the day, 3.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 16.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kalumburu (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 73.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.7% provided care for children and 19.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.7% 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 Kalumburu (L), 24.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 27.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kalumburu (L), 36.2% were couple families with children, 6.2% were couple families without children and 45.0% were one parent families.

In Kalumburu (L) 13.9% of single parents were male and 86.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kalumburu (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $841 and those without children was $5,000.

Employment status of couple families

In Kalumburu (L), of couple families with children, 17.1% had both partners employed full-time, 7.3% had both employed part-time and 7.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kalumburu (L), 92.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kalumburu (L), 96.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.3% were other dwellings.

In Kalumburu (L), of occupied private dwellings 11.0% had 1 bedroom, 11.0% had 2 bedrooms and 37.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 3.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kalumburu (L), 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 96.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Kalumburu (L), of all households, 76.9% were family households, 19.8% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Kalumburu (L), 30.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.9% 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 Kalumburu (L), 23.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 3.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kalumburu (L), there were 404 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 189 (or 46.8%) were male and 215 (or 53.2%) 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 Kalumburu (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.5, with 1.7 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $744.

In Kalumburu (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $50 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.