Yungngora (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 283 people in Yungngora (L) of these 44.5% were male and 55.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 91.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Yungngora (L) was 23 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 31.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.8% of the population.

Of people in Yungngora (L) aged 15 years and over, 28.9% were married and 4.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Yungngora (L) was 30 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Yungngora (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 24.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Yungngora (L) was 31 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Yungngora (L) 34.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 45.8% were in primary school, 6.2% in secondary school and 12.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Yungngora (L) were Australian Aboriginal 82.6%, Australian 4.3%, English 3.2%, Maltese 1.4% and Irish 1.1%.

In Yungngora (L), 97.2% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was New Zealand 1.4%.

In Yungngora (L), 98.1% 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 Yungngora (L) were Other Protestant 53.2%, Catholic 11.0%, Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 7.4%, No Religion 6.7% and Christian, nfd 6.4%.

In Yungngora (L) 24.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Walmajarri 36.7%, Kriol 23.3%, Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 3.2%, Nyikina 2.8% and Jaru 1.4%.

Employment

There were 107 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Yungngora (L). Of these 70.1% were employed full time, 24.3% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Yungngora (L), 4.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 2.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Yungngora (L) was 28 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Yungngora (L) included Labourers 44.7%, Professionals 17.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.8%, Managers 5.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 3.9%, Sales Workers 3.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.9%.

Of the employed people in Yungngora (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 29.8%, School Education 20.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.8%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 5.8% and Metal Ore Mining 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Yungngora (L) was $309.

In Yungngora (L), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Walked only 57.7%, Car, as passenger 20.2% and Car, as driver 19.2%. 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 34.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Yungngora (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 67.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 50.3% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 6.3% 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 Yungngora (L), 24.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Yungngora (L), 39.2% were couple families with children, 15.7% were couple families without children and 35.3% were one parent families.

In Yungngora (L) 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Yungngora (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,291 and those without children was $0.

Employment status of couple families

In Yungngora (L), of couple families with children, 39.3% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 0.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Yungngora (L), 89.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yungngora (L), 90.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 9.8% were other dwellings.

In Yungngora (L), of occupied private dwellings 7.7% had 1 bedroom, 19.2% had 2 bedrooms and 38.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 4.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yungngora (L), 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 92.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Yungngora (L), of all households, 78.4% were family households, 21.6% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Yungngora (L), 17.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.7% 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 Yungngora (L), 26.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 15.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Yungngora (L), there were 255 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 113 (or 44.3%) were male and 142 (or 55.7%) 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 Yungngora (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5.4, with 1.7 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,399.

In Yungngora (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $35 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.