Lajamanu (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 656 people in Lajamanu (L) of these 44.7% were male and 55.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 89.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Lajamanu (L) was 21 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 38.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.0% of the population.

Of people in Lajamanu (L) aged 15 years and over, 63.5% were married and 7.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Lajamanu (L) was 30 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Lajamanu (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 58.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Lajamanu (L) was 32 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Lajamanu (L) 38.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 43.1% were in primary school, 11.5% in secondary school and 7.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Lajamanu (L) were Australian Aboriginal 83.5%, English 2.9%, Australian 2.8%, New Zealander 1.0% and German 0.6%.

In Lajamanu (L), 98.9% of people were born in Australia. There were no other responses for country of birth.

In Lajamanu (L), 95.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Lajamanu (L) were Baptist 64.7%, No Religion 17.1%, Anglican 1.8%, Catholic 1.8% and Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 1.7%.

In Lajamanu (L) 9.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Warlpiri 82.6%, Gurindji 0.9%, Tiwi 0.5%, Jingulu 0.5% and Anmatyerr, nec 0.5%.

Employment

There were 165 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Lajamanu (L). Of these 40.0% were employed full time, 30.9% were employed part-time and 20.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Lajamanu (L), 8.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.5% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Lajamanu (L) included Professionals 30.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 22.4%, Labourers 12.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.4%, Managers 7.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 3.0% and Sales Workers 3.0%.

Of the employed people in Lajamanu (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 27.4%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 12.6%, School Education 11.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 8.9% and Creative and Performing Arts Activities 8.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Lajamanu (L) was $253.

In Lajamanu (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 58.1%, Car, as driver 14.0%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Bus 2.9% and Truck 2.2%. On the day, 5.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 25.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Lajamanu (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 70.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 60.9% provided care for children and 21.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.9% 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 Lajamanu (L), 22.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Lajamanu (L), 63.2% were couple families with children, 19.5% were couple families without children and 17.3% were one parent families.

In Lajamanu (L) 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Lajamanu (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Lajamanu (L), of couple families with children, 10.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 6.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Lajamanu (L), 86.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lajamanu (L), 96.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Lajamanu (L), of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 19.6% had 2 bedrooms and 56.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 4.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Lajamanu (L), 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 96.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Lajamanu (L), of all households, 78.3% were family households, 19.1% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Lajamanu (L), 23.3% 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 Lajamanu (L), 34.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 11.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Lajamanu (L), there were 586 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 261 (or 44.5%) were male and 325 (or 55.5%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Lajamanu (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6, with 2.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $743.

In Lajamanu (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $20 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.