Mapoon (S)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 266 people in Mapoon (S) of these 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 90.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Mapoon (S) was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.4% of the population.

Of people in Mapoon (S) aged 15 years and over, 13.4% were married and 8.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mapoon (S) was 64 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Mapoon (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 12.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 32.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mapoon (S) was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Mapoon (S) 21.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 56.1% were in primary school, 14.0% in secondary school and 14.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mapoon (S) were Australian Aboriginal 47.6%, Torres Strait Islander 15.4%, Australian 5.7%, Australian South Sea Islander 3.7% and English 3.1%.

In Mapoon (S), 100.0% of people were born in Australia. There were no other responses for country of birth.

In Mapoon (S), 95.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 1.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mapoon (S) were No Religion 21.1%, Uniting Church 20.0%, Anglican 14.0%, Pentecostal 10.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 7.5%.

In Mapoon (S) 82.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Kriol 4.6%, Wik Mungkan 1.9%, Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 1.9% and Maori (New Zealand) 1.5%.

Employment

There were 94 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mapoon (S). Of these 50.0% were employed full time, 38.3% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mapoon (S), 0.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 28.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 15.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mapoon (S) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Mapoon (S) were Labourers 28.6%, Professionals 19.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.7%, Managers 10.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.1% and Technicians and Trades Workers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Mapoon (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 48.3%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 17.2%, Hospitals 10.3%, Metal Ore Mining 3.4% and Central Government Administration 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mapoon (S) was $298.

In Mapoon (S), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as passenger 38.1%, Car, as driver 28.6%, Walked only 22.6% and Truck 3.6%. 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 67.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mapoon (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 80.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.8% provided care for children and 17.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.2% 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 Mapoon (S), 32.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mapoon (S), 30.8% were couple families with children, 27.7% were couple families without children and 32.3% were one parent families.

In Mapoon (S) 13.6% of single parents were male and 86.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mapoon (S), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,458 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Mapoon (S), of couple families with children, 14.6% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 0.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mapoon (S), 83.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mapoon (S), 84.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.5% were flats, units or apartments and 7.0% were other dwellings.

In Mapoon (S), of occupied private dwellings 10.0% had 1 bedroom, 24.3% had 2 bedrooms and 25.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mapoon (S), 4.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 88.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Mapoon (S), of all households, 70.8% were family households, 29.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Mapoon (S), 21.1% 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 Mapoon (S), 34.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 18.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mapoon (S), there were 235 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 116 (or 49.4%) were male and 119 (or 50.6%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Mapoon (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $924.

In Mapoon (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $53 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.