North West (Mining And Pastoral)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 37,377 people in North West (Mining And Pastoral) of these 58.9% were male and 41.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 12.1% of the population.

The median age of people in North West (Mining And Pastoral) was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.9% of the population.

Of people in North West (Mining And Pastoral) aged 15 years and over, 44.8% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North West (Mining And Pastoral) was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In North West (Mining And Pastoral), of people aged 15 years and over, 44.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North West (Mining And Pastoral) was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In North West (Mining And Pastoral) 34.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.5% were in primary school, 9.3% in secondary school and 8.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North West (Mining And Pastoral) were Australian 28.6%, English 23.8%, Irish 5.9%, Scottish 5.6% and German 2.3%.

In North West (Mining And Pastoral), 63.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.5%, England 3.7%, Philippines 1.3%, South Africa 0.9% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.8%.

In North West (Mining And Pastoral), 59.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North West (Mining And Pastoral) were No Religion 27.4%, Catholic 21.5%, Anglican 14.2%, Uniting Church 2.5% and Christian, nfd 2.4%.

In North West (Mining And Pastoral) 73.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 0.9%, Yindjibarndi 0.8%, Tagalog 0.7%, Vietnamese 0.6% and Filipino 0.5%.

Employment

There were 19,673 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North West (Mining And Pastoral). Of these 74.3% were employed full time, 15.3% were employed part-time and 3.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North West (Mining And Pastoral), 5.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 67.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North West (Mining And Pastoral) was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in North West (Mining And Pastoral) included Technicians and Trades Workers 23.8%, Labourers 13.5%, Professionals 12.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Managers 11.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.7% and Sales Workers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in North West (Mining And Pastoral), the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 10.3%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 7.0%, School Education 4.4%, Oil and Gas Extraction 4.0% and Accommodation 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North West (Mining And Pastoral) was $1,207.

In North West (Mining And Pastoral), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 46.8%, Bus 12.3%, Walked only 10.0%, Car, as passenger 9.2% and Other 2.8%. On the day, 13.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 56.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North West (Mining And Pastoral), of people aged 15 years and over, 54.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.6% provided care for children and 5.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.4% 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 North West (Mining And Pastoral), 20.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North West (Mining And Pastoral), 47.2% were couple families with children, 39.5% were couple families without children and 12.0% were one parent families.

In North West (Mining And Pastoral) 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North West (Mining And Pastoral), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,059 and those without children was $2,990.

Employment status of couple families

In North West (Mining And Pastoral), of couple families with children, 32.7% had both partners employed full-time, 1.9% had both employed part-time and 20.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North West (Mining And Pastoral), 82.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North West (Mining And Pastoral), 76.2% were separate houses, 9.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.6% were flats, units or apartments and 8.8% were other dwellings.

In North West (Mining And Pastoral), of occupied private dwellings 7.2% had 1 bedroom, 13.4% had 2 bedrooms and 43.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North West (Mining And Pastoral), 17.7% were owned outright, 16.5% were owned with a mortgage and 60.4% were rented.

Household composition

In North West (Mining And Pastoral), of all households, 72.7% were family households, 23.2% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In North West (Mining And Pastoral), 15.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 27.3% 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 North West (Mining And Pastoral), 28.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North West (Mining And Pastoral), there were 4,526 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 2,314 (or 51.1%) were male and 2,212 (or 48.9%) were female. The median age was 25 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 North West (Mining And Pastoral), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,064.

In North West (Mining And Pastoral), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $125 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,005.