Maningrida

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,293 people in Maningrida of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 88.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Maningrida was 24 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 30.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.3% of the population.

Of people in Maningrida aged 15 years and over, 56.4% were married and 5.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Maningrida was 34 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Maningrida, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Maningrida was 35 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Maningrida 31.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 47.0% were in primary school, 21.5% in secondary school and 3.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Maningrida were Australian Aboriginal 84.4%, Australian 4.9%, English 2.7%, Irish 1.4% and Scottish 1.1%.

In Maningrida, 99.1% of people were born in Australia. There were no other responses for country of birth.

In Maningrida, 96.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 2.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Maningrida were Uniting Church 60.4%, Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 14.0%, No Religion 8.5%, Catholic 5.1% and Christian, nfd 1.3%.

In Maningrida 11.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Burarra 31.6%, Ndjebbana (Gunavidji) 14.1%, Kunwinjku 9.0%, Kune 4.3% and Na-kara 4.0%.

Employment

There were 781 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Maningrida. Of these 46.7% were employed full time, 23.7% were employed part-time and 20.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Maningrida, 4.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Maningrida was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Maningrida included Labourers 30.6%, Professionals 22.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.9%, Managers 8.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.2% and Sales Workers 4.5%.

Of the employed people in Maningrida, the most common responses for industry of employment included Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 30.1%, Local Government Administration 8.7%, School Education 8.4%, Other Social Assistance Services 7.4% and Residential Building Construction 7.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Maningrida was $282.

In Maningrida, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 45.3%, Car, as passenger 22.2%, Car, as driver 14.5%, Bus 1.9% and Other 1.9%. On the day, 2.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 36.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Maningrida, 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, 75.5% provided care for children and 23.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 4.1% 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 Maningrida, 47.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 1.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Maningrida, 59.1% were couple families with children, 15.9% were couple families without children and 23.8% were one parent families.

In Maningrida 24.0% of single parents were male and 76.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Maningrida, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,541 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Maningrida, of couple families with children, 14.4% had both partners employed full-time, 7.0% had both employed part-time and 9.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Maningrida, 86.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Maningrida, 96.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.7% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

In Maningrida, of occupied private dwellings 6.1% had 1 bedroom, 28.0% had 2 bedrooms and 42.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 5.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Maningrida, 1.5% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 89.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Maningrida, of all households, 82.6% were family households, 17.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Maningrida, 3.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.0% 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 Maningrida, 32.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 13.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 3.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Maningrida, there were 2,036 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 1,031 (or 50.6%) were male and 1,005 (or 49.4%) 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 Maningrida, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 7, with 2.7 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,991.

In Maningrida, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $80 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.