Jilkminggan (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 280 people in Jilkminggan (L) of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 96.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Jilkminggan (L) was 17 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 42.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 3.2% of the population.

Of people in Jilkminggan (L) aged 15 years and over, 62.0% were married and 6.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Jilkminggan (L) was 30 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Jilkminggan (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 42.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Jilkminggan (L) was 28 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Jilkminggan (L) 34.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 70.1% were in primary school, 15.5% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The only responses for ancestry in Jilkminggan (L) were Australian Aboriginal 95.4%, Australian 1.1% and German 1.1%.

In Jilkminggan (L), 98.6% of people were born in Australia. There were no other responses for country of birth.

In Jilkminggan (L), 97.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 0.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Jilkminggan (L) were No Religion 16.1%, Jehovah's Witnesses 4.3%, Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 2.9%, Catholic 1.4% and Pentecostal 1.4%.

In Jilkminggan (L) 4.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Kriol 90.3%.

Employment

There were 55 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Jilkminggan (L). Of these 12.7% were employed full time, 81.8% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Jilkminggan (L), 40.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 22.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 0.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Jilkminggan (L) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 31 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Jilkminggan (L) were Community and Personal Service Workers 32.7%, Labourers 28.8%, Professionals 21.2%, Managers 5.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.8% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in Jilkminggan (L), the only responses for industry of employent were Local Government Administration 60.0%, School Education 20.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 8.0% and Hospitals 6.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Jilkminggan (L) was $258.

In Jilkminggan (L), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Walked only 70.6%, Car, as driver 7.8% and Car, as passenger 5.9%. 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 17.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Jilkminggan (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 91.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 78.5% provided care for children and 75.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 0.0% 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 Jilkminggan (L), 80.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 2.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 0.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Jilkminggan (L), 51.8% were couple families with children, 12.5% were couple families without children and 35.7% were one parent families.

In Jilkminggan (L) 13.0% of single parents were male and 87.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Jilkminggan (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,333 and those without children was $833.

Employment status of couple families

In Jilkminggan (L), of couple families with children, 0.0% had both partners employed full-time, 12.5% had both employed part-time and 0.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Jilkminggan (L), 82.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jilkminggan (L), 91.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 8.8% were other dwellings.

In Jilkminggan (L), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 18.2% had 2 bedrooms and 72.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 6.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Jilkminggan (L), 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 100.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Jilkminggan (L), of all households, 100.0% were family households, 0.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Jilkminggan (L), 23.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Jilkminggan (L), 43.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 18.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 0.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Jilkminggan (L), there were 272 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 133 (or 48.9%) were male and 139 (or 51.1%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Jilkminggan (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6.8, with 2.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $833.

In Jilkminggan (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $60 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.