Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 34,617 people in Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral) of these 61.8% were male and 38.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 14.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral) was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 1.9% of the population.

Of people in Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral) aged 15 years and over, 42.8% were married and 11.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral) was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral), of people aged 15 years and over, 44.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 20.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral) was 40 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral) 34.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.1% were in primary school, 7.7% in secondary school and 9.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral) were Australian 26.7%, English 23.0%, Irish 6.0%, Scottish 5.6% and Australian Aboriginal 4.4%.

In Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral), 63.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 6.3%, England 3.0%, South Africa 1.0%, Philippines 0.9% and Zimbabwe 0.6%.

In Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral), 59.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral) were No Religion 26.3%, Catholic 20.0%, Anglican 13.4%, Uniting Church 2.6% and Christian, nfd 2.1%.

In Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral) 70.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Martu Wangka 1.0%, Manyjilyjarra 0.9%, Malay 0.8%, Nyangumarta 0.6% and Afrikaans 0.5%.

Employment

There were 19,408 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral). Of these 77.6% were employed full time, 11.5% were employed part-time and 2.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral), 4.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 72.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral) was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral) included Technicians and Trades Workers 26.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 22.4%, Professionals 12.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.4%, Labourers 10.3%, Managers 7.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.1% and Sales Workers 3.1%.

Of the employed people in Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral), the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 36.6%, Other Mining Support Services 6.2%, School Education 3.5%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 2.9% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral) was $1,653.

In Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 43.8%, Bus 15.5%, Car, as passenger 9.7%, Walked only 8.3% and Other 4.6%. On the day, 17.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 53.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral), of people aged 15 years and over, 52.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.9% provided care for children and 5.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.3% 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 Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral), 19.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 6.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral), 53.0% were couple families with children, 34.4% were couple families without children and 11.0% were one parent families.

In Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral) 25.7% of single parents were male and 74.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,299 and those without children was $3,406.

Employment status of couple families

In Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral), of couple families with children, 34.7% had both partners employed full-time, 1.4% had both employed part-time and 19.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral), 78.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral), 77.0% were separate houses, 10.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.4% were flats, units or apartments and 5.1% were other dwellings.

In Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral), of occupied private dwellings 4.6% had 1 bedroom, 12.6% had 2 bedrooms and 53.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral), 8.2% were owned outright, 12.5% were owned with a mortgage and 74.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral), of all households, 75.3% were family households, 20.3% were single person households and 4.4% were group households.

In Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral), 6.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 38.2% 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 Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral), 28.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral), there were 4,942 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 2,539 (or 51.4%) were male and 2,403 (or 48.6%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,824.

In Pilbara (Mining And Pastoral), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $90 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,800.