Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,527 people in Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu) of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 88.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu) was 26 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.0% of the population.

Of people in Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu) aged 15 years and over, 40.2% were married and 4.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu) was 38 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu), of people aged 15 years and over, 38.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu) was 39 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu) 33.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.9% were in primary school, 28.4% in secondary school and 7.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu) were Australian Aboriginal 79.9%, Australian 5.6%, English 3.5%, Irish 1.5% and Torres Strait Islander 1.1%.

In Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu), 99.3% of people were born in Australia. There were no other responses for country of birth.

In Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu), 95.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu) were Catholic 86.6%, No Religion 5.2%, Anglican 1.2%, Uniting Church 0.9% and Christian, nfd 0.6%.

In Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu) 12.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tiwi 83.1%, Kalaw Kawaw Ya/Kalaw Lagaw Ya 0.5%, Afrikaans 0.3%, Filipino 0.3% and Murrinh Patha 0.3%.

Employment

There were 419 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu). Of these 54.4% were employed full time, 28.6% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu), 19.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu) was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu) included Labourers 21.2%, Professionals 20.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.1%, Managers 7.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.6%, Sales Workers 4.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu), the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 16.2%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 12.6%, School Education 11.9%, Residential Building Construction 10.9% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu) was $243.

In Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 53.1%, Car, as driver 15.6%, Car, as passenger 13.1%, Bus 5.3% and Other 1.8%. On the day, 5.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 29.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu), of people aged 15 years and over, 61.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.6% provided care for children and 8.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.4% 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 Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu), 9.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 4.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 3.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu), 50.3% were couple families with children, 24.3% were couple families without children and 20.1% were one parent families.

In Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu) 17.4% of single parents were male and 82.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,291 and those without children was $1,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu), of couple families with children, 10.2% had both partners employed full-time, 7.3% had both employed part-time and 4.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu), 87.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu), 87.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 11.8% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

In Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu), of occupied private dwellings 5.0% had 1 bedroom, 22.4% had 2 bedrooms and 46.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 4.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu), 2.0% were owned outright, 2.0% were owned with a mortgage and 91.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu), of all households, 86.0% were family households, 12.7% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu), 35.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.9% 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 Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu), 20.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 5.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 1.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu), there were 1,350 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 655 (or 48.5%) were male and 695 (or 51.5%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.7, with 1.7 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $722.

In Wurrumiyanga (Nguiu), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $40 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $705.