Wurrumiyanga

2016 Census All persons QuickStats
Geography type State Suburbs
Area code SSC70295
People 1,563
Male 50.1%
Female 49.9%
Median age 29
Families 376
Average children per family  null
for families with children 2.3
for all households (a) 1.3
All private dwellings 414
Average people per household 4
Median weekly household income $759
Median monthly mortgage repayments $0
Median weekly rent $55
Average motor vehicles per dwelling 0.4

(a) This label has been updated to more accurately reflect the Census concept shown in this data item. The data has not changed.

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People

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Demographics & education

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

People
Persons count based on place of usual residence on Census night
Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Male 784 50.1 118,570 51.8 11,546,638 49.3
Female 782 49.9 110,266 48.2 11,855,248 50.7
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 1,411 90.2 58,248 25.5 649,171 2.8

In the 2016 Census, there were 1,563 people in Wurrumiyanga. Of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 90.2% of the population.

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Age Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Median age 29 -- 32 -- 38 --
0-4 years 99 6.3 17,630 7.7 1,464,779 6.3
5-9 years 134 8.6 16,822 7.4 1,502,646 6.4
10-14 years 151 9.6 15,029 6.6 1,397,183 6.0
15-19 years 125 8.0 14,077 6.2 1,421,595 6.1
20-24 years 138 8.8 16,644 7.3 1,566,793 6.7
25-29 years 137 8.8 21,707 9.5 1,664,602 7.1
30-34 years 147 9.4 21,329 9.3 1,703,847 7.3
35-39 years 115 7.3 18,012 7.9 1,561,679 6.7
40-44 years 104 6.6 16,615 7.3 1,583,257 6.8
45-49 years 107 6.8 16,456 7.2 1,581,455 6.8
50-54 years 113 7.2 14,854 6.5 1,523,551 6.5
55-59 years 66 4.2 12,886 5.6 1,454,332 6.2
60-64 years 58 3.7 10,407 4.5 1,299,397 5.6
65-69 years 43 2.7 7,364 3.2 1,188,999 5.1
70-74 years 12 0.8 4,300 1.9 887,716 3.8
75-79 years 3 0.2 2,516 1.1 652,657 2.8
80-84 years 9 0.6 1,258 0.5 460,549 2.0
85 years and over 4 0.3 938 0.4 486,842 2.1

The median age of people in Wurrumiyanga was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.5% of the population.

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Registered marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Married 282 23.9 78,333 43.7 9,148,218 48.1
Separated 10 0.8 6,046 3.4 608,059 3.2
Divorced 25 2.1 13,442 7.5 1,626,890 8.5
Widowed 59 5.0 5,622 3.1 985,204 5.2
Never married 803 68.1 75,917 42.3 6,668,910 35.0

Of people in Wurrumiyanga aged 15 years and over, 23.9% were married and 3.0% were either divorced or separated.

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Social marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Registered marriage 223 20.5 58,583 41.4 8,001,141 47.7
De facto marriage 264 24.2 22,537 15.9 1,751,731 10.4
Not married 602 55.3 60,345 42.7 7,024,973 41.9

In Wurrumiyanga, of people aged 15 years and over, 20.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 24.2% were in a de facto marriage.

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Education Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Preschool 19 4.4 3,707 4.6 347,621 4.8
Primary - Government 5 1.2 15,160 18.6 1,314,787 18.2
Primary - Catholic 180 41.5 2,632 3.2 380,604 5.3
Primary - other non Government 0 0.0 2,570 3.2 231,490 3.2
Secondary - Government 28 6.5 8,233 10.1 827,505 11.5
Secondary - Catholic 74 17.1 2,070 2.5 338,384 4.7
Secondary - other non Government 6 1.4 2,911 3.6 280,618 3.9
Technical or further education institution 0 0.0 3,045 3.7 424,869 5.9
University or tertiary institution 9 2.1 8,054 9.9 1,160,626 16.1
Other 8 1.8 1,655 2.0 198,383 2.8
Not stated 105 24.2 31,342 38.5 1,707,023 23.7

In Wurrumiyanga 27.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 44.3% were in primary school, 23.0% in secondary school and 2.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment
People aged 15 years and over
Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 58 5.0 30,711 17.1 4,181,406 22.0
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 8 0.7 12,854 7.2 1,687,893 8.9
Certificate level IV 4 0.3 6,391 3.6 551,767 2.9
Certificate level III 33 2.8 23,200 12.9 2,442,203 12.8
Year 12 162 13.9 22,743 12.7 2,994,097 15.7
Year 11 238 20.4 10,854 6.1 941,531 4.9
Year 10 378 32.4 17,509 9.8 2,054,331 10.8
Certificate level II 0 0.0 226 0.1 13,454 0.1
Certificate level I 0 0.0 128 0.1 2,176 0.0
Year 9 or below 112 9.6 15,473 8.6 1,529,897 8.0
No educational attainment 5 0.4 1,870 1.0 145,844 0.8
Not stated 164 14.0 33,298 18.6 1,974,794 10.4

Of people aged 15 and over in Wurrumiyanga, 13.9% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 3.4% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 0.7% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

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Cultural & language diversity

Ancestry, top responses Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Australian Aboriginal 1,334 83.4 37,562 12.8 144,173 0.5
Australian 102 6.4 65,433 22.4 7,298,243 23.3
English 41 2.6 54,967 18.8 7,852,224 25.0
Irish 22 1.4 18,469 6.3 2,388,058 7.6
Filipino 15 0.9 6,951 2.4 304,015 1.0

The most common ancestries in Wurrumiyanga were Australian Aboriginal 83.4%, Australian 6.4%, English 2.6%, Irish 1.4% and Filipino 0.9%.

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 Wurrumiyanga (including those who did not state an ancestry).

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Country of birth Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Australia 1,493 95.6 157,531 68.8 15,614,835 66.7
Other top responses:  null  null  null  null  null  null
Philippines 15 1.0 5,914 2.6 232,386 1.0
England 7 0.4 5,583 2.4 907,570 3.9
New Zealand 4 0.3 4,636 2.0 518,466 2.2
Thailand 4 0.3 959 0.4 66,229 0.3
Vietnam 4 0.3 935 0.4 219,355 0.9

In Wurrumiyanga, 95.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Philippines 1.0%, England 0.4%, New Zealand 0.3%, Thailand 0.3% and Vietnam 0.3%.

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Country of birth of father and/or mother, stated responses Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Both parents born overseas 43 2.7 54,687 23.9 8,051,196 34.4
Father only born overseas 9 0.6 10,761 4.7 1,488,092 6.4
Mother only born overseas 3 0.2 9,473 4.1 1,094,591 4.7
Both parents born in Australia 1,463 93.2 124,021 54.2 11,070,538 47.3

In Wurrumiyanga, 93.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 2.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

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Country of birth of father, stated responses Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Australia 1,483 95.0 134,515 58.8 12,231,150 52.3
Philippines 15 1.0 6,443 2.8 270,177 1.2
England 9 0.6 9,028 3.9 1,403,096 6.0
Samoa 4 0.3 169 0.1 63,447 0.3
Thailand 4 0.3 890 0.4 58,658 0.3

In Wurrumiyanga, the most common countries of birth for male parents were Australia 95.0%, Philippines 1.0%, England 0.6%, Samoa 0.3% and Thailand 0.3%.

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Country of birth of mother, stated responses Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Australia 1,468 94.8 135,595 59.3 12,643,365 54.0
Philippines 15 1.0 7,492 3.3 325,049 1.4
Samoa 4 0.3 153 0.1 58,724 0.3
England 4 0.3 8,560 3.7 1,302,147 5.6
Vietnam 4 0.3 1,390 0.6 335,060 1.4

In Wurrumiyanga, the most common countries of birth for female parents were Australia 94.8%, Philippines 1.0%, Samoa 0.3%, England 0.3% and Vietnam 0.3%.

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Religious affiliation, top responses Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Catholic 1,419 90.4 45,843 20.0 5,291,834 22.6
Not stated 60 3.8 36,642 16.0 2,238,735 9.6
No Religion, so described 57 3.6 67,176 29.4 6,933,708 29.6
Uniting Church 11 0.7 12,976 5.7 870,183 3.7
Anglican 9 0.6 19,234 8.4 3,101,185 13.3

The most common responses for religion in Wurrumiyanga were Catholic 90.4%, Not stated 3.8%, No Religion, so described 3.6%, Uniting Church 0.7% and Anglican 0.6%. In Wurrumiyanga, Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (95.9%) (this figure excludes not stated responses).

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Language, top responses (other than English) Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Tiwi 1,225 78.3 2,006 0.9 2,040 0.0
Filipino 8 0.5 2,045 0.9 71,220 0.3
Vietnamese 4 0.3 1,215 0.5 277,400 1.2
Samoan 4 0.3 117 0.1 44,869 0.2
Indonesian 3 0.2 1,191 0.5 67,891 0.3
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English only spoken at home 126 8.1 132,634 58.0 17,020,417 72.7
Households where a non English language is spoken 318 85.7 19,395 24.4 1,971,011 22.2

In Wurrumiyanga 8.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tiwi 78.3%, Filipino 0.5%, Vietnamese 0.3%, Samoan 0.3% and Indonesian 0.2%.

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Employment

Employment
People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over
Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Worked full-time 149 33.6 74,100 67.1 6,623,065 57.7
Worked part-time 138 31.1 21,493 19.5 3,491,503 30.4
Away from work 30 6.8 7,112 6.4 569,276 5.0
Unemployed 127 28.6 7,685 7.0 787,452 6.9

There were 444 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wurrumiyanga. Of these 33.6% were employed full time, 31.1% were employed part-time and 28.6% 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.

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Employment - hours worked
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
1-15 hours per week 92 29.2 6,735 6.6 1,218,823 11.4
16-24 hours per week 6 1.9 6,327 6.2 1,079,236 10.1
25-34 hours per week 39 12.4 8,431 8.2 1,193,445 11.2
35-39 hours per week 63 20.0 22,238 21.7 2,031,263 19.0
40 hours or more per week 84 26.7 51,864 50.5 4,591,801 43.0

Of employed people in Wurrumiyanga, 29.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 1.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 26.7% worked 40 hours or more.

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Occupation
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Professionals 87 27.1 20,654 20.1 2,370,966 22.2
Community and Personal Service Workers 58 18.1 14,178 13.8 1,157,003 10.8
Labourers 43 13.4 9,642 9.4 1,011,520 9.5
Technicians and Trades Workers 36 11.2 16,189 15.8 1,447,414 13.5
Managers 23 7.2 12,515 12.2 1,390,047 13.0
Clerical and Administrative Workers 22 6.9 14,102 13.7 1,449,681 13.6
Sales Workers 14 4.4 7,021 6.8 1,000,955 9.4
Machinery Operators and Drivers 3 0.9 5,880 5.7 670,106 6.3

The most common occupations in Wurrumiyanga included Professionals 27.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 18.1%, Labourers 13.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.2%, Managers 7.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.9%, Sales Workers 4.4% and Machinery Operators and Drivers 0.9%.

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Industry of employment, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Local Government Administration 37 12.2 1,910 1.9 142,724 1.3
Primary Education 25 8.3 2,886 2.8 231,198 2.2
Other Allied Health Services 23 7.6 730 0.7 68,701 0.6
Secondary Education 13 4.3 1,665 1.6 177,487 1.7
Supermarket and Grocery Stores 12 4.0 2,309 2.2 254,275 2.4

Of the employed people in Wurrumiyanga, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 12.2%, Primary Education 8.3%, Other Allied Health Services 7.6%, Secondary Education 4.3% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.0%.

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Median weekly incomes
People aged 15 years and over
Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Personal 222 -- 871 -- 662 --
Family 614 -- 2,105 -- 1,734 --
Household 759 -- 1,983 -- 1,438 --

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wurrumiyanga was $222.

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Travel to work, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Walked only 187 60.9 8,683 8.5 370,427 3.5
Car, as driver 60 19.5 61,874 60.3 6,574,571 61.5
Car, as passenger 29 9.4 6,947 6.8 489,922 4.6
Bicycle 7 2.3 2,552 2.5 107,756 1.0
Worked at home 4 1.3 2,653 2.6 503,582 4.7
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People who travelled to work by public transport 4 1.3 6,555 6.4 1,225,668 11.5
People who travelled to work by car as driver or passenger 95 30.4 70,991 69.1 7,305,271 68.4

In Wurrumiyanga, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 60.9%, Car, as driver 19.5%, Car, as passenger 9.4%, Bicycle 2.3% and Worked at home 1.3%. On the day, 1.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 30.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

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Unpaid work
People aged 15 years and over
Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (last week) 547 46.3 115,473 64.4 13,143,914 69.0
Cared for child/children (last two weeks) 272 23.1 52,717 29.4 5,259,400 27.6
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks) 129 11.0 16,056 9.0 2,145,203 11.3
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 83 7.1 30,716 17.1 3,620,726 19.0

In Wurrumiyanga, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.1% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 7.1% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

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Unpaid domestic work, number of hours
People aged 15 years and over
Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Less than 5 hours per week 213 18.1 40,921 22.8 4,298,593 22.6
5 to 14 hours per week 222 18.9 46,081 25.7 4,944,578 26.0
15 to 29 hours per week 85 7.2 17,083 9.5 2,189,776 11.5
30 hours or more per week 21 1.8 11,386 6.3 1,710,970 9.0

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Wurrumiyanga, 18.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 1.8% worked 30 hours or more.

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Families

family composition | employment status of couple families

Family composition

Family composition Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Couple family without children 84 22.5 18,138 35.2 2,291,987 37.8
Couple family with children 163 43.6 23,815 46.2 2,716,224 44.7
One parent family 96 25.7 8,558 16.6 959,543 15.8
Other family 31 8.3 1,014 2.0 102,559 1.7

Of the families in Wurrumiyanga, 43.6% were couple families with children, 22.5% were couple families without children and 25.7% were one parent families.

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Single (or lone) parents
Proportion of the total single (or lone) parent population
Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Male -- 9.7 -- 20.5 -- 18.2
Female -- 90.3 -- 79.5 -- 81.8

In Wurrumiyanga, 9.7% of single parents were male and 90.3% were female.

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Employment status of couple families

Employment status of couple families
Labour force, parents or partners aged 15 years and over
Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Both employed, worked full-time 23 9.2 13,833 33.0 1,084,006 21.6
Both employed, worked part-time 8 3.2 1,215 2.9 203,596 4.1
One employed full-time, one part-time 11 4.4 6,638 15.8 1,086,460 21.7
One employed full-time, other not working 19 7.6 6,174 14.7 749,886 15.0
One employed part-time, other not working 33 13.1 1,677 4.0 302,037 6.0
Both not working 137 54.6 6,100 14.5 1,006,697 20.1
Other (includes away from work) 10 4.0 2,884 6.9 264,145 5.3
Labour force status not stated (by one or both parents in a couple family) 10 4.0 3,429 8.2 311,381 6.2

In Wurrumiyanga, of couple families with children, 9.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 4.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

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.

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Dwellings

dwelling structure | household composition | mortgage & rent | number of motor vehicles | internet connection

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

Dwelling count Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Occupied private dwellings 354 88.5 65,053 85.9 8,286,073 88.8
Unoccupied private dwellings 46 11.5 10,717 14.1 1,039,874 11.2

In Wurrumiyanga, 88.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.5% were unoccupied.

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Dwelling structure
Occupied private dwellings
Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Separate house 341 96.3 43,100 66.3 6,041,788 72.9
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc 0 0.0 7,844 12.1 1,055,016 12.7
Flat or apartment 10 2.8 11,374 17.5 1,087,434 13.1
Other dwelling 0 0.0 2,166 3.3 64,425 0.8

Of occupied private dwellings in Wurrumiyanga, 96.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.8% were flats or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

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Number of bedrooms
Occupied private dwellings
Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
None (includes bedsitters) 0 0.0 874 1.3 39,769 0.5
1 bedroom 26 7.4 4,871 7.5 411,252 5.0
2 bedrooms 75 21.3 14,306 22.0 1,562,759 18.9
3 bedrooms 158 44.9 27,598 42.4 3,403,190 41.1
4 or more bedrooms 87 24.7 15,039 23.1 2,670,758 32.2
Number of bedrooms not stated 6 1.7 2,369 3.6 198,351 2.4
Average number of bedrooms per dwelling 2.9 -- 2.9 -- 3.1 --
Average number of people per household 4 -- 2.9 -- 2.6 --

In Wurrumiyanga, of occupied private dwellings 7.4% had 1 bedroom, 21.3% had 2 bedrooms and 44.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 4 people.

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Tenure
Occupied private dwellings
Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Owned outright 3 0.8 9,957 15.3 2,565,695 31.0
Owned with a mortgage 4 1.1 19,247 29.6 2,855,222 34.5
Rented 336 93.6 32,737 50.3 2,561,302 30.9
Other tenure type 3 0.8 575 0.9 78,994 1.0
Tenure type not stated 13 3.6 2,545 3.9 224,869 2.7

Of occupied private dwellings in Wurrumiyanga, 0.8% were owned outright, 1.1% were owned with a mortgage and 93.6% were rented.

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Household composition

Household composition Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Family households 311 86.4 47,400 72.8 5,907,625 71.3
Single (or lone) person households 42 11.7 14,228 21.9 2,023,542 24.4
Group households 7 1.9 3,438 5.3 354,917 4.3

In Wurrumiyanga, of all households, 86.4% were family households, 11.7% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

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Household income Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Less than $650 gross weekly income -- 44.1 -- 12.6 -- 20.0
More than $3,000 gross weekly income -- 7.8 -- 25.8 -- 16.4

In Wurrumiyanga, 44.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $650 and 7.8% of households had a weekly income of more than $3000.

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Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Rent weekly payments Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Median rent 55 -- 315 -- 335 --
Households where rent payments are less than 30% of household income -- 90.7 -- 90.9 -- 88.5
Households with rent payments greater than or equal to 30% of household income -- 9.3 -- 9.1 -- 11.5

The number of households where rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were not renting, and 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.

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Mortgage monthly repayments Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Median mortgage repayments 0 -- 2,167 -- 1,755 --
Households where mortgage repayments are less than 30% of household income -- 100.0 -- 94.5 -- 92.8
Households with mortgage repayments greater than or equal to 30% of household income -- 0.0 -- 5.5 -- 7.2

The number of households where mortgage repayments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were renting, and 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.

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Number of motor vehicles

Number of registered motor vehicles Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
None 230 63.7 6,948 10.7 623,829 7.5
1 motor vehicle 84 23.3 20,562 31.6 2,881,485 34.8
2 motor vehicles 12 3.3 22,357 34.4 2,999,184 36.2
3 or more vehicles 17 4.7 11,813 18.2 1,496,382 18.1
Number of motor vehicles not stated 18 5.0 3,389 5.2 285,197 3.4

In Wurrumiyanga, 23.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 3.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

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Internet connection

Dwelling internet connection Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Internet not accessed from dwelling 89 24.9 10,972 16.9 1,172,415 14.1
Internet accessed from dwelling 250 69.8 51,392 79.0 6,892,165 83.2
Not stated 19 5.3 2,698 4.1 221,494 2.7

In Wurrumiyanga, 69.8% of households had at least one person access the internet from the dwelling. This could have been through a desktop/laptop computer, mobile or smart phone, tablet, music or video player, gaming console, smart TV or any other device.

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Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people

selected people & dwelling characteristics

People characteristics

People characteristics
Count based on place of usual residence on Census night.
Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Male 696 49.5 29,129 50.0 322,171 49.6
Female 709 50.5 29,118 50.0 326,996 50.4
Median age 28 -- 25 -- 23 --

In Wurrumiyanga, 49.5% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were male and 50.5% were female. The median age was 28 years.

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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.

Dwelling characteristics
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Average number of people per household 4.3 -- 4 -- 3.2 --
Average number of persons per bedroom 1.5 -- 1.5 -- 1 --
Median weekly household income 640 -- 1,225 -- 1,203 --

In Wurrumiyanga, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.3 persons, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $640.

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Mortgage and rent
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Wurrumiyanga % Wurrumiyanga Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent 59 -- 97 -- 250 --
Median monthly mortgage repayments 0 -- 2,167 -- 1,660 --

In Wurrumiyanga, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $59 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.

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Small random adjustments have been made to all cell values to protect the confidentiality of data. These adjustments may cause the sum of rows or columns to differ by small amounts from the table totals. For further information, go to the User Guide for QuickStats.

Data reported for Australia and Other Territories now includes Norfolk Island, following an amendment to the Acts Interpretation Act, 1901. Because Norfolk Island has not previously been included in the Census, any 2011 benchmarks will not include Norfolk Island.