Ngukurr

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,056 people in Ngukurr of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 92.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Ngukurr was 22 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 34.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.6% of the population.

Of people in Ngukurr aged 15 years and over, 46.9% were married and 6.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ngukurr was 32 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Ngukurr, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ngukurr was 34 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Ngukurr 34.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 43.8% were in primary school, 25.5% in secondary school and 2.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ngukurr were Australian Aboriginal 86.6%, Australian 3.5%, English 2.0%, Irish 1.5% and Scottish 0.8%.

In Ngukurr, 98.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was England 0.3%.

In Ngukurr, 98.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 1.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ngukurr were Anglican 61.9%, No Religion 14.3%, Catholic 5.5%, Uniting Church 3.3% and Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 1.0%.

In Ngukurr 5.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Kriol 87.4%, Anindilyakwa 0.9%, Djambarrpuyngu 0.8%, Maori (New Zealand) 0.4% and Mirning 0.3%.

Employment

There were 331 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ngukurr. Of these 36.9% were employed full time, 22.4% were employed part-time and 34.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ngukurr, 5.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 17.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ngukurr was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Ngukurr included Community and Personal Service Workers 24.7%, Professionals 23.7%, Labourers 16.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.1%, Managers 5.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.6% and Sales Workers 3.7%.

Of the employed people in Ngukurr, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 37.4%, School Education 8.7%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 6.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.4% and Residential Building Construction 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ngukurr was $279.

In Ngukurr, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 57.3%, Car, as passenger 16.1%, Car, as driver 14.2%, Bus 3.2% and Car as driver, car as passenger 1.4%. On the day, 4.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 31.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ngukurr, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 61.1% provided care for children and 18.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.2% 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 Ngukurr, 19.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ngukurr, 53.8% were couple families with children, 15.4% were couple families without children and 28.7% were one parent families.

In Ngukurr 30.4% of single parents were male and 69.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ngukurr, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $2,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Ngukurr, of couple families with children, 11.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 5.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ngukurr, 86.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ngukurr, 97.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Ngukurr, of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 21.1% had 2 bedrooms and 42.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 5.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ngukurr, 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 95.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Ngukurr, of all households, 86.1% were family households, 11.5% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Ngukurr, 7.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.1% 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 Ngukurr, 32.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 6.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 2.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ngukurr, there were 973 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 469 (or 48.2%) were male and 504 (or 51.8%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Ngukurr, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6.7, with 2.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,517.

In Ngukurr, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $90 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.