Wyndham-East Kimberley (S)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,799 people in Wyndham-East Kimberley (S) of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 34.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Wyndham-East Kimberley (S) was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.6% of the population.

Of people in Wyndham-East Kimberley (S) aged 15 years and over, 36.5% were married and 10.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wyndham-East Kimberley (S) was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Wyndham-East Kimberley (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 35.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 20.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wyndham-East Kimberley (S) was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Wyndham-East Kimberley (S) 31.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.8% were in primary school, 11.4% in secondary school and 9.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wyndham-East Kimberley (S) were Australian 30.4%, English 20.9%, Australian Aboriginal 14.4%, Irish 5.6% and Scottish 5.2%.

In Wyndham-East Kimberley (S), 78.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.1%, New Zealand 1.9%, Korea, Republic of (South) 0.7%, Germany 0.6% and South Africa 0.5%.

In Wyndham-East Kimberley (S), 74.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wyndham-East Kimberley (S) were Catholic 28.1%, No Religion 27.5%, Anglican 13.0%, Uniting Church 3.1% and Christian, nfd 2.9%.

In Wyndham-East Kimberley (S) 79.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Miriwoong 1.1%, German 0.8%, Kija 0.6%, Korean 0.6% and Murrinh Patha 0.4%.

Employment

There were 3,931 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wyndham-East Kimberley (S). Of these 68.5% were employed full time, 17.9% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wyndham-East Kimberley (S), 5.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wyndham-East Kimberley (S) was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Wyndham-East Kimberley (S) included Professionals 19.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.6%, Managers 13.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.0%, Labourers 11.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.7% and Sales Workers 4.4%.

Of the employed people in Wyndham-East Kimberley (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying 7.2%, School Education 5.9%, Accommodation 4.1%, Hospitals 3.9% and State Government Administration 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wyndham-East Kimberley (S) was $794.

In Wyndham-East Kimberley (S), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 45.8%, Walked only 17.8%, Car, as passenger 8.2%, Bus 5.1% and Bicycle 2.5%. On the day, 5.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 54.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wyndham-East Kimberley (S), of people aged 15 years and over, 63.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.9% provided care for children and 7.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.4% 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 Wyndham-East Kimberley (S), 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wyndham-East Kimberley (S), 38.4% were couple families with children, 39.5% were couple families without children and 20.0% were one parent families.

In Wyndham-East Kimberley (S) 19.6% of single parents were male and 80.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wyndham-East Kimberley (S), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,213 and those without children was $2,389.

Employment status of couple families

In Wyndham-East Kimberley (S), of couple families with children, 31.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 18.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wyndham-East Kimberley (S), 84.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wyndham-East Kimberley (S), 71.2% were separate houses, 6.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.5% were flats, units or apartments and 17.2% were other dwellings.

In Wyndham-East Kimberley (S), of occupied private dwellings 12.1% had 1 bedroom, 17.7% had 2 bedrooms and 42.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wyndham-East Kimberley (S), 17.1% were owned outright, 16.2% were owned with a mortgage and 60.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Wyndham-East Kimberley (S), of all households, 69.7% were family households, 24.5% were single person households and 5.9% were group households.

In Wyndham-East Kimberley (S), 16.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.9% 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 Wyndham-East Kimberley (S), 33.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wyndham-East Kimberley (S), there were 2,715 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 1,274 (or 46.9%) were male and 1,441 (or 53.1%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Wyndham-East Kimberley (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $929.

In Wyndham-East Kimberley (S), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $98 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.