Kowanyama (S)

2016 Census Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people QuickStats
Geography type Local Government Areas
Area code LGA34420
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 856
Male 47.0%
Female 53.0%
Median age 28
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households 217
Average people per household 3.7
Median weekly household income $876
Median monthly mortgage repayments $0
Median weekly rent $70

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People

demographics & education | cultural & language diversity | employment

Demographics & education

People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

People Kowanyama (S) % Kowanyama (S) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Aboriginal 842 98.4 148,940 79.9 590,062 90.9
Torres Strait Islander 6 0.7 21,056 11.3 32,344 5.0
Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 8 0.9 16,487 8.8 26,767 4.1

For the 2016 Census in Kowanyama (S), there were 856 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 47.0% were male and 53.0% were female.

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Age Kowanyama (S) % Kowanyama (S) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Median age 28 -- 22 -- 23 --
0-4 years 83 9.7 21,857 11.7 73,265 11.3
5-14 years 161 18.8 44,223 23.7 147,134 22.7
15-24 years 138 16.1 35,876 19.2 123,719 19.1
25-34 years 142 16.6 24,524 13.2 88,861 13.7
35-44 years 123 14.3 20,754 11.1 72,394 11.2
45-54 years 106 12.4 18,739 10.0 67,415 10.4
55-64 years 70 8.2 12,308 6.6 45,433 7.0
65 years and over 35 4.1 8,194 4.4 30,952 4.8

In Kowanyama (S), the median age of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people was 28 years. Of the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 29.0% were children aged 0 to 14 years and 4.1% were people aged 65 years and over.

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Registered marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Kowanyama (S) % Kowanyama (S) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Married 39 6.3 26,266 21.8 105,086 24.5
Separated 12 2.0 5,219 4.3 19,112 4.5
Divorced 4 0.7 7,870 6.5 28,796 6.7
Widowed 11 1.8 3,492 2.9 13,794 3.2
Never married 549 89.3 77,564 64.4 261,980 61.1

In Kowanyama (S), 6.3% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were married and 2.6% were either divorced or separated.

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Social marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Kowanyama (S) % Kowanyama (S) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Registered marriage 20 3.5 22,449 21.1 86,716 23.1
De facto marriage 221 39.1 18,992 17.9 60,051 16.0
Not married 324 57.3 64,807 61.0 228,281 60.9

In Kowanyama (S), 3.5% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were in a registered marriage and 39.1% were in a de facto marriage.

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Education attendance Kowanyama (S) % Kowanyama (S) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Pre-school 17 7.9 3,597 4.9 16,698 6.4
Primary 124 57.9 29,132 39.8 97,859 37.5
Secondary 33 15.4 19,602 26.8 65,208 25.0
Technical or further education institution 3 1.4 3,177 4.3 14,227 5.5
University or tertiary institution 0 0.0 4,645 6.3 15,489 5.9
Other 0 0.0 1,750 2.4 5,047 1.9
Not stated 37 17.3 11,357 15.5 46,428 17.8

Of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Kowanyama (S), 25.0% were attending an educational institution. Of these, 57.9% were attending a primary school, 15.4% were attending a secondary school and 1.4% were attending a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment
People aged 15 years and over
Kowanyama (S) % Kowanyama (S) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 6 1.0 6,490 5.4 24,911 5.8
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 6 1.0 7,156 5.9 23,795 5.5
Certificate level IV 3 0.5 3,808 3.2 14,308 3.3
Certificate level III 44 7.2 17,714 14.7 56,625 13.2
Year 12 68 11.2 21,285 17.7 59,949 14.0
Year 11 106 17.4 9,701 8.1 34,674 8.1
Year 10 180 29.6 21,474 17.8 77,265 18.0
Certificate level II 7 1.1 280 0.2 1,215 0.3
Certificate level I 0 0.0 58 0.0 241 0.1
Year 9 or below 104 17.1 15,282 12.7 64,604 15.1
No educational attainment 4 0.7 920 0.8 4,256 1.0
Not stated 78 12.8 13,484 11.2 56,698 13.2

Of people aged 15 and over in Kowanyama (S), 11.2% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 8.0% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 1.0% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

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Cultural & language diversity

Australian Indigenous language, top responses Kowanyama (S) % Kowanyama (S) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Koko-Bera 3 0.4 7 0.0 9 0.0
 null  null  null  null  null  null  null
English only spoken at home 787 91.9 161,165 86.4 544,491 83.9

English was the only language spoken at home by 91.9% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Kowanyama (S). The only other response for language at home was Koko-Bera 0.4%.

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Ancestry, top responses Kowanyama (S) % Kowanyama (S) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Australian Aboriginal 784 90.6 36,062 13.8 140,480 15.8
Australian 44 5.1 114,137 43.5 399,843 45.0
Torres Strait Islander 14 1.6 13,059 5.0 14,948 1.7
English 5 0.6 41,381 15.8 152,758 17.2

Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Kowanyama (S) (including those who did not state an ancestry).

The only responses for ancestry for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Kowanyama (S) were Australian Aboriginal 90.6%, Australian 5.1%, Torres Strait Islander 1.6% and English 0.6%.

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Employment

Employment
People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over
Kowanyama (S) % Kowanyama (S) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Worked full-time 80 27.4 30,836 46.8 106,960 48.0
Worked part-time 72 24.7 17,867 27.1 61,049 27.4
Away from work 7 2.4 3,935 6.0 14,143 6.4
Unemployed 133 45.5 13,259 20.1 40,486 18.2
Not in the labour force 290 47.5 51,070 42.4 190,132 44.3

There were 292 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kowanyama (S). Of these 27.4% were employed full time, 24.7% were employed part-time and 45.5% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

For information on the Community Development Programme (CDP) please refer to the Census Data Dictionary. CDP data is available in TableBuilder.

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Occupation, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Kowanyama (S) % Kowanyama (S) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Community and Personal Service Workers 56 35.4 8,935 17.0 30,991 17.0
Labourers 26 16.5 8,925 17.0 27,814 15.3
Technicians and Trades Workers 19 12.0 7,056 13.4 24,399 13.4
Professionals 12 7.6 6,202 11.8 24,339 13.4
Clerical and Administrative Workers 12 7.6 6,728 12.8 23,174 12.7
Machinery Operators and Drivers 11 7.0 5,130 9.7 16,774 9.2
Sales Workers 9 5.7 4,797 9.1 15,791 8.7
Managers 7 4.4 3,333 6.3 12,844 7.1

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Kowanyama (S), the most common occupations were Community and Personal Service Workers 35.4%, Labourers 16.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.0%, Professionals 7.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.6%, Machinery Operators and Drivers 7.0%, Sales Workers 5.7% and Managers 4.4%.

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Industry of employment, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Kowanyama (S) % Kowanyama (S) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Local Government Administration 63 41.4 2,109 4.0 5,511 3.0
Combined Primary and Secondary Education 28 18.4 778 1.5 2,639 1.4
Supermarket and Grocery Stores 7 4.6 1,674 3.2 5,555 3.1
Primary Education 7 4.6 1,434 2.7 4,897 2.7
Accommodation 4 2.6 801 1.5 2,427 1.3

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Kowanyama (S), the most common industries of employment were Local Government Administration 41.4%, Combined Primary and Secondary Education 18.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.6%, Primary Education 4.6% and Accommodation 2.6%.

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Median weekly incomes
People aged 15 years and over
Kowanyama (S) % Kowanyama (S) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Personal 309 -- 453 -- 441 --
Household 876 -- 1,222 -- 1,203 --

The median weekly personal income for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Kowanyama (S) was $309 and the median weekly household income was $876.

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Unpaid work
People aged 15 years and over
Kowanyama (S) % Kowanyama (S) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (last week) 475 78.6 75,703 62.9 263,334 61.4
Cared for child/children (last two weeks) 275 44.9 38,265 31.8 136,079 31.7
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks) 34 5.5 15,171 12.6 58,541 13.7
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 19 3.1 18,300 15.2 63,303 14.8

In Kowanyama (S), of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 78.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 44.9% provided care for children and 5.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 3.1% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

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Dwellings

dwelling characteristics | dwelling structure

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

Dwelling characteristics
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Kowanyama (S) % Kowanyama (S) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Average number of people per household 3.7 -- 3.3 -- 3.2 --
Average number of persons per bedroom 1.2 -- 1 -- 1 --
Average number of registered motor vehicles per dwelling 0.6 -- 1.7 -- 1.7 --

There has been change in methodology used to calculate the average number of persons per bedroom. To compare the time series for average number of persons per bedroom please refer to Understanding the Census and Census Data

In Kowanyama (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7 persons, with 1.2 persons per bedroom and 0.6 registered motor vehicles per dwelling.

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Housing costs
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Kowanyama (S) % Kowanyama (S) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent 70 -- 270 -- 250 --
Median monthly mortgage repayments 0 -- 1,733 -- 1,660 --

In Kowanyama (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $70 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.

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Family household composition
Counts the types of families within family households at the dwelling level
Kowanyama (S) % Kowanyama (S) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
One family household: Couple family with no children 36 16.1 11,886 15.9 42,536 16.2
One family household: Couple family with children 55 24.7 23,609 31.6 80,803 30.7
One family household: One parent family 52 23.3 19,239 25.8 67,528 25.7
One family household: Other family 20 9.0 1,624 2.2 5,547 2.1
Multiple family household: Couple family with no children 6 2.7 576 0.8 2,223 0.8
Multiple family household: Couple family with children 12 5.4 1,381 1.8 4,951 1.9
Multiple family household: One parent family 14 6.3 1,702 2.3 5,768 2.2
Multiple family household: Other family 0 0.0 117 0.2 471 0.2
Other household 28 12.6 14,572 19.5 53,195 20.2

In Kowanyama (S), of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households, 18.8% were a couple family with no children, 30.0% were a couple family with children and 29.6% were a one parent family.

In multiple family households, only the family composition of the primary family is recorded. Other household includes lone person households and group households.

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Dwelling structure

Dwelling structure
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Kowanyama (S) % Kowanyama (S) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Separate house 162 76.1 60,179 80.9 211,205 80.7
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc 51 23.9 6,987 9.4 27,017 10.3
Flat or apartment 0 0.0 6,288 8.5 20,580 7.9
Other dwelling 0 0.0 909 1.2 2,897 1.1

In Kowanyama (S) there were 217 private dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Where a dwelling type was stated, 76.1% were separate houses, 23.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

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Tenure
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Kowanyama (S) % Kowanyama (S) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Owned outright 0 0.0 7,727 10.3 32,045 12.2
Owned with a mortgage 0 0.0 17,634 23.6 68,085 25.9
Rented 210 98.1 46,197 61.8 150,832 57.3
Other tenure type 0 0.0 409 0.5 1,888 0.7
Tenure type not stated 4 1.9 2,743 3.7 10,182 3.9

In Kowanyama (S), of dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 98.1% were rented.

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