Yuendumu (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 687 people in Yuendumu (L) of these 46.9% were male and 53.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 85.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Yuendumu (L) was 25 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 28.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.0% of the population.

Of people in Yuendumu (L) aged 15 years and over, 55.1% were married and 6.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Yuendumu (L) was 37 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Yuendumu (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 46.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 1.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Yuendumu (L) was 37 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Yuendumu (L) 31.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.3% were in primary school, 11.8% in secondary school and 5.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Yuendumu (L) were Australian Aboriginal 74.8%, Australian 4.8%, English 3.9%, Scottish 2.8% and Irish 0.8%.

In Yuendumu (L), 97.4% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was France 0.6%.

In Yuendumu (L), 94.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Yuendumu (L) were Baptist 39.4%, Pentecostal 11.8%, No Religion 9.6%, Catholic 9.0% and Christian, nfd 4.2%.

In Yuendumu (L) 14.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Warlpiri 74.9%, Anmatyerr, nec 1.7%, Luritja 1.0%, Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 0.7% and Arabic 0.4%.

Employment

There were 192 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Yuendumu (L). Of these 49.5% were employed full time, 17.2% were employed part-time and 25.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Yuendumu (L), 7.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Yuendumu (L) was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in Yuendumu (L) included Community and Personal Service Workers 25.3%, Professionals 24.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.3%, Managers 8.7%, Labourers 8.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.3%, Sales Workers 3.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Yuendumu (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 22.0%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 15.3%, Other Social Assistance Services 10.0%, School Education 8.0% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Yuendumu (L) was $266.

In Yuendumu (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 54.4%, Car, as driver 26.8%, Car, as passenger 6.7%, Car as driver, car as passenger 3.4% and Car as driver, other 2.0%. 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 37.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Yuendumu (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 78.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 54.4% provided care for children and 27.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.5% 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 Yuendumu (L), 36.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 2.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Yuendumu (L), 40.5% were couple families with children, 25.3% were couple families without children and 32.3% were one parent families.

In Yuendumu (L) 14.0% of single parents were male and 86.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

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

Employment status of couple families

In Yuendumu (L), of couple families with children, 17.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 5.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Yuendumu (L), 72.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 27.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yuendumu (L), 90.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Yuendumu (L), of occupied private dwellings 9.7% had 1 bedroom, 14.9% had 2 bedrooms and 50.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 4.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yuendumu (L), 0.0% were owned outright, 3.8% were owned with a mortgage and 93.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Yuendumu (L), of all households, 77.3% were family households, 19.7% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Yuendumu (L), 16.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.7% 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 Yuendumu (L), 30.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 17.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Yuendumu (L), there were 585 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 280 (or 47.9%) were male and 305 (or 52.1%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Yuendumu (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5.5, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,156.

In Yuendumu (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $25 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.