Minjilang (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 309 people in Minjilang (L) of these 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 87.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Minjilang (L) was 23 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 34.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 3.9% of the population.

Of people in Minjilang (L) aged 15 years and over, 51.0% were married and 4.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Minjilang (L) was 39 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Minjilang (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 40.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Minjilang (L) was 38 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Minjilang (L) 39.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 59.7% were in primary school, 17.6% in secondary school and 5.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Minjilang (L) were Australian Aboriginal 86.8%, Australian 4.6%, Solomon Islander 1.7%, Scottish 1.0% and Irish 1.0%.

In Minjilang (L), 98.7% of people were born in Australia. There were no other responses for country of birth.

In Minjilang (L), 94.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Minjilang (L) were Uniting Church 39.6%, No Religion 17.2%, Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 15.6%, Catholic 6.5% and Pentecostal 3.6%.

In Minjilang (L) 17.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Kunwinjku 33.9%, Iwaidja 30.0% and Maung 15.3%.

Employment

There were 115 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Minjilang (L). Of these 40.9% were employed full time, 24.3% were employed part-time and 31.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Minjilang (L), 3.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 33.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 17.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Minjilang (L) was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 31 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Minjilang (L) were Labourers 31.6%, Professionals 25.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 21.1%, Sales Workers 7.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.6%, Managers 3.9% and Technicians and Trades Workers 3.9%.

Of the employed people in Minjilang (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 54.4%, School Education 16.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 8.9%, Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Services 5.1% and Central Government Administration 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Minjilang (L) was $329.

In Minjilang (L), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Walked only 64.5%, Car, as driver 17.1%, Car, as passenger 10.5% and Car as driver, car as passenger 3.9%. 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 28.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Minjilang (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 85.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 77.6% provided care for children and 22.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.2% 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 Minjilang (L), 24.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Minjilang (L), 51.6% were couple families with children, 12.5% were couple families without children and 31.2% were one parent families.

In Minjilang (L) 26.3% of single parents were male and 73.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Minjilang (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $900.

Employment status of couple families

In Minjilang (L), of couple families with children, 7.0% had both partners employed full-time, 7.0% had both employed part-time and 16.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Minjilang (L), 85.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Minjilang (L), 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Minjilang (L), of occupied private dwellings 7.7% had 1 bedroom, 9.6% had 2 bedrooms and 57.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 4.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Minjilang (L), 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 94.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Minjilang (L), of all households, 86.5% were family households, 13.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Minjilang (L), 7.7% 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 Minjilang (L), 39.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 0.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Minjilang (L), there were 269 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 142 (or 52.8%) were male and 127 (or 47.2%) 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 Minjilang (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5.2, with 1.8 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,444.

In Minjilang (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $90 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.