Northern Peninsula Area (R)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,298 people in Northern Peninsula Area (R) of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 85.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Northern Peninsula Area (R) was 22 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 35.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.1% of the population.

Of people in Northern Peninsula Area (R) aged 15 years and over, 23.4% were married and 4.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Northern Peninsula Area (R) was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Northern Peninsula Area (R), of people aged 15 years and over, 20.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 28.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Northern Peninsula Area (R) was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Northern Peninsula Area (R) 34.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 45.0% were in primary school, 22.5% in secondary school and 7.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Northern Peninsula Area (R) were Torres Strait Islander 50.1%, Australian Aboriginal 27.6%, Australian 4.6%, English 3.3% and Papua New Guinean 1.3%.

In Northern Peninsula Area (R), 98.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 0.3%, Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar) 0.1% and Sweden 0.1%.

In Northern Peninsula Area (R), 93.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Northern Peninsula Area (R) were Anglican 39.2%, Pentecostal 17.9%, No Religion 14.4%, Catholic 3.7% and Christian, nfd 3.1%.

In Northern Peninsula Area (R) 17.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 38.0%, Kalaw Kawaw Ya/Kalaw Lagaw Ya 1.3%, Kriol 0.3%, Motu (HiriMotu) 0.2% and Vietnamese 0.1%.

Employment

There were 834 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Northern Peninsula Area (R). Of these 64.6% were employed full time, 20.9% were employed part-time and 8.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Northern Peninsula Area (R), 3.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Northern Peninsula Area (R) was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Northern Peninsula Area (R) included Community and Personal Service Workers 20.9%, Labourers 18.5%, Professionals 16.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.0%, Managers 7.2%, Sales Workers 6.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Northern Peninsula Area (R), the most common responses for industry of employment included Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 19.8%, Local Government Administration 18.8%, School Education 10.5%, Hospitals 9.3% and Child Care Services 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Northern Peninsula Area (R) was $439.

In Northern Peninsula Area (R), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 36.7%, Walked only 32.1%, Car, as passenger 17.6%, Bus 5.0% and Truck 0.4%. On the day, 4.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 54.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Northern Peninsula Area (R), of people aged 15 years and over, 76.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 40.9% provided care for children and 10.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.6% 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 Northern Peninsula Area (R), 25.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Northern Peninsula Area (R), 49.1% were couple families with children, 16.9% were couple families without children and 31.2% were one parent families.

In Northern Peninsula Area (R) 17.4% of single parents were male and 82.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Northern Peninsula Area (R), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,782 and those without children was $2,042.

Employment status of couple families

In Northern Peninsula Area (R), of couple families with children, 28.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 12.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Northern Peninsula Area (R), 93.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Northern Peninsula Area (R), 66.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 21.9% were flats, units or apartments and 10.5% were other dwellings.

In Northern Peninsula Area (R), of occupied private dwellings 10.5% had 1 bedroom, 21.0% had 2 bedrooms and 40.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 3.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Northern Peninsula Area (R), 2.1% were owned outright, 0.7% were owned with a mortgage and 94.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Northern Peninsula Area (R), of all households, 77.8% were family households, 19.7% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Northern Peninsula Area (R), 24.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.9% 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 Northern Peninsula Area (R), 35.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 17.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Northern Peninsula Area (R), there were 1,962 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 923 (or 47.0%) were male and 1,039 (or 53.0%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Northern Peninsula Area (R), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $904.

In Northern Peninsula Area (R), 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.