Horn Island (L)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 583 people were counted in Horn Island (L): of these 53.3% were male and 46.7% were female. Of the total population 48.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Horn Island (L) there were 185 children aged 0-14 years and 65 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Horn Island (L), 420 people were Australian citizens, 24 were born overseas and 0 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Horn Island (L), 43.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 6.3% were separated or divorced, 3.5% were widowed and 40.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Horn Island (L), 70.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Horn Island (L) were Papua New Guinea 1.4%, New Zealand 1.2%, Fiji 0.5%, South Africa 0.5% and Philippines 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Horn Island (L) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 26.8%, Catholic 17.8%, Pentecostal 6.9%, No Religion 6.2% and Uniting Church 3.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Horn Island (L), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Torres Strait Creole (Broken) 3.6%, Kalaw Lagaw Ya (Kalaw Kawa Ya) 1.0%, Hindi 0.5%, Cantonese 0.5% and Papuan Languages 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 50.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 183 people aged 15 years and over in Horn Island (L) were in the labour force. Of these 62.8% worked full-time, 25.1% worked part-time, 5.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.6% were unemployed. 101 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Horn Island (L), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 11.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.3%, Associate Professionals 6.1%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.8%, Managers and Administrators 1.5% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 0.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Horn Island (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Air and Space Transport 7.3%, Education 5.1%, Government Administration 4.6%, Health Services 2.8% and Food Retailing 2.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Horn Island (L), 99 families were counted: of these, 18.2% were couple families without children, 59.6% were couple families with children, 19.2% were one parent families and 3.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Horn Island (L), 162 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Horn Island (L), 78.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 11.7% were flats, units or apartments and 3.7% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Horn Island (L), 13.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 6.8% were being purchased and 39.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Horn Island (L), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 0.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 20.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 73.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Horn Island (L), 58.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 13.6% were single (or lone) person households and 2.5% were group households.