Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 555 people in Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L) of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 90.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L) was 24 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 33.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 3.6% of the population.

Of people in Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L) aged 15 years and over, 34.0% were married and 6.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L) was 33 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 21.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 20.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L) was 35 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L) 35.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.2% were in primary school, 14.4% in secondary school and 1.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L) were Australian Aboriginal 80.2%, Australian 4.1%, Irish 2.9%, English 1.9% and Scottish 1.4%.

In Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L), 100.0% of people were born in Australia. There were no other responses for country of birth.

In Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L), 97.8% 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 Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L) were Catholic 88.1%, No Religion 3.4%, Anglican 1.1%, Lutheran 1.1% and Baptist 0.7%.

In Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L) 9.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Eastern Arrernte 32.7%, Arrernte, nec 28.8% and Warlpiri 1.8%.

Employment

There were 154 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L). Of these 38.3% were employed full time, 43.5% were employed part-time and 7.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L), 19.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 18.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L) included Professionals 34.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.5%, Labourers 12.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.7%, Managers 7.2%, Sales Workers 5.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 2.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.2%.

Of the employed people in Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 20.6%, Local Government Administration 14.7%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 9.6%, Other Health Care Services 7.4% and Creative and Performing Arts Activities 6.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L) was $262.

In Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 64.2%, Car, as driver 17.5%, Car, as passenger 8.0%, Bus 2.2% and Car as driver, car as passenger 2.2%. On the day, 2.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 26.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 50.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 39.7% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.3% 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 Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L), 15.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 3.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L), 52.6% were couple families with children, 11.2% were couple families without children and 32.8% were one parent families.

In Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L) 7.9% of single parents were male and 92.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $2,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L), of couple families with children, 5.7% had both partners employed full-time, 11.4% had both employed part-time and 11.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L), 85.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L), 89.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L), of occupied private dwellings 9.2% had 1 bedroom, 30.0% had 2 bedrooms and 35.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 4.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L), 2.5% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 74.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L), of all households, 77.7% were family households, 16.5% were single person households and 5.8% were group households.

In Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L), 38.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L), 26.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 9.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 0.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L), there were 502 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 255 (or 50.8%) were male and 247 (or 49.2%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.8, with 2.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Purte) (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.