Warmun

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 297 people in Warmun of these 55.6% were male and 44.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 77.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Warmun was 26 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.7% of the population.

Of people in Warmun aged 15 years and over, 31.2% were married and 10.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Warmun was 40 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Warmun, of people aged 15 years and over, 23.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Warmun was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Warmun 31.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 45.7% were in primary school, 20.2% in secondary school and 3.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Warmun were Australian Aboriginal 57.7%, Australian 11.4%, English 9.3%, Scottish 5.0% and Irish 4.7%.

In Warmun, 93.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Philippines 1.3%, France 1.0% and Nigeria 1.0%.

In Warmun, 88.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Warmun were Catholic 59.7%, Other Protestant 13.8%, No Religion 8.1%, Anglican 4.7% and Christian, nfd 3.7%.

In Warmun 42.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Kriol 45.3%, Kija 7.3% and Tagalog 1.0%.

Employment

There were 122 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Warmun. Of these 45.1% were employed full time, 23.0% were employed part-time and 22.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Warmun, 5.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Warmun was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Warmun were Professionals 25.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 20.7%, Labourers 15.2%, Managers 12.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Warmun, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Social Assistance Services 16.1%, Residential Building Construction 12.9%, School Education 10.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.5% and Creative and Performing Arts Activities 5.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Warmun was $250.

In Warmun, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Walked only 38.7%, Car, as driver 31.2%, Car, as passenger 16.1% and Other 3.2%. 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 42.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Warmun, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.3% provided care for children and 13.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.6% 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 Warmun, 15.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 5.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Warmun, 41.5% were couple families with children, 24.4% were couple families without children and 34.1% were one parent families.

In Warmun 27.3% of single parents were male and 72.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Warmun, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $500 and those without children was $3,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Warmun, of couple families with children, 10.3% had both partners employed full-time, 10.3% had both employed part-time and 13.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Warmun, 79.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Warmun, 92.7% 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 Warmun, of occupied private dwellings 11.9% had 1 bedroom, 14.3% had 2 bedrooms and 26.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 4.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Warmun, 7.3% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 85.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Warmun, of all households, 64.3% were family households, 28.6% were single person households and 7.1% were group households.

In Warmun, 24.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.3% 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 Warmun, 56.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 7.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Warmun, there were 232 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 135 (or 58.2%) were male and 97 (or 41.8%) 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 Warmun, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6.2, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $628.

In Warmun, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $50 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.