Ali Curung (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 535 people in Ali Curung (L) of these 47.3% were male and 52.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 90.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Ali Curung (L) was 22 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 33.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.9% of the population.

Of people in Ali Curung (L) aged 15 years and over, 53.4% were married and 5.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ali Curung (L) was 35 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Ali Curung (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 43.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ali Curung (L) was 35 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Ali Curung (L) 31.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 57.7% were in primary school, 5.4% in secondary school and 1.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ali Curung (L) were Australian Aboriginal 82.1%, Australian 4.2%, English 2.0%, New Zealander 1.1% and Torres Strait Islander 0.6%.

In Ali Curung (L), 98.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was New Zealand 0.6%.

In Ali Curung (L), 96.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ali Curung (L) were Baptist 32.9%, No Religion 25.6%, Catholic 2.2%, Lutheran 1.5% and Christian, nfd 1.1%.

In Ali Curung (L) 33.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Warlpiri 37.9%, Alyawarr 14.7%, Kaytetye 3.2%, Anmatyerr, nec 1.5% and Warumungu 0.7%.

Employment

There were 107 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ali Curung (L). Of these 45.8% were employed full time, 36.4% were employed part-time and 12.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ali Curung (L), 13.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 26.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ali Curung (L) was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Ali Curung (L) were Professionals 25.3%, Labourers 25.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.3%, Sales Workers 5.3% and Managers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Ali Curung (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 34.4%, School Education 9.4%, Other Health Care Services 6.2%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 5.2% and Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ali Curung (L) was $250.

In Ali Curung (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 67.7%, Car, as driver 15.6%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Truck 3.1% and Other 3.1%. 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 16.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ali Curung (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 58.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 40.8% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 5.6% 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 Ali Curung (L), 29.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 4.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 1.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ali Curung (L), 43.9% were couple families with children, 22.8% were couple families without children and 29.8% were one parent families.

In Ali Curung (L) 15.8% of single parents were male and 84.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ali Curung (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,166 and those without children was $1,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Ali Curung (L), of couple families with children, 8.1% had both partners employed full-time, 8.1% 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 Ali Curung (L), 86.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ali Curung (L), 91.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.3% were flats, units or apartments and 5.6% were other dwellings.

In Ali Curung (L), of occupied private dwellings 5.6% had 1 bedroom, 18.0% had 2 bedrooms and 59.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 4.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ali Curung (L), 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 96.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Ali Curung (L), of all households, 86.7% were family households, 10.0% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Ali Curung (L), 16.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.9% 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 Ali Curung (L), 18.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 19.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 0.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ali Curung (L), there were 487 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 224 (or 46.0%) were male and 263 (or 54.0%) 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 Ali Curung (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5.8, with 2.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Ali Curung (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $40 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.