Weipa (T)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,334 people in Weipa (T) of these 53.2% were male and 46.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 18.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Weipa (T) was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.0% of the population.

Of people in Weipa (T) aged 15 years and over, 47.3% were married and 9.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Weipa (T) was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Weipa (T), of people aged 15 years and over, 48.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 21.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Weipa (T) was 41 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Weipa (T) 33.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.5% were in primary school, 16.8% in secondary school and 11.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Weipa (T) were Australian 32.4%, English 23.9%, Irish 7.1%, Scottish 5.9% and German 3.6%.

In Weipa (T), 77.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.8%, England 1.7%, Philippines 1.4%, Thailand 0.7% and South Africa 0.5%.

In Weipa (T), 74.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Weipa (T) were No Religion 24.0%, Catholic 21.3%, Anglican 15.1%, Uniting Church 7.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.7%.

In Weipa (T) 80.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 1.4%, Filipino 0.6%, Thai 0.5%, Tagalog 0.5% and Fijian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,890 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Weipa (T). Of these 74.0% were employed full time, 15.6% were employed part-time and 2.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Weipa (T), 5.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 68.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Weipa (T) was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Weipa (T) included Technicians and Trades Workers 23.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 21.4%, Professionals 15.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.0%, Managers 8.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.3%, Labourers 7.2% and Sales Workers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Weipa (T), the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 36.1%, School Education 6.2%, Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 6.0%, Hospitals 5.0% and Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Weipa (T) was $1,242.

In Weipa (T), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.4%, Car, as passenger 7.8%, Walked only 5.2%, Bicycle 5.1% and Other 1.0%. On the day, 1.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Weipa (T), of people aged 15 years and over, 68.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.5% provided care for children and 5.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.6% 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 Weipa (T), 29.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Weipa (T), 51.0% were couple families with children, 37.0% were couple families without children and 10.9% were one parent families.

In Weipa (T) 42.4% of single parents were male and 57.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Weipa (T), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,029 and those without children was $2,840.

Employment status of couple families

In Weipa (T), of couple families with children, 40.6% had both partners employed full-time, 1.0% had both employed part-time and 21.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Weipa (T), 85.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Weipa (T), 64.5% were separate houses, 18.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 15.7% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

In Weipa (T), of occupied private dwellings 3.7% had 1 bedroom, 26.2% had 2 bedrooms and 46.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Weipa (T), 7.0% were owned outright, 31.0% were owned with a mortgage and 59.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Weipa (T), of all households, 77.8% were family households, 18.3% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Weipa (T), 4.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 30.5% 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 Weipa (T), 27.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Weipa (T), there were 616 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 310 (or 50.3%) were male and 306 (or 49.7%) 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 Weipa (T), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Weipa (T), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $346 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000.