Arnhem

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,892 people in Arnhem of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 82.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Arnhem was 26 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 30.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.5% of the population.

Of people in Arnhem aged 15 years and over, 50.4% were married and 5.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Arnhem was 37 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Arnhem, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Arnhem was 37 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Arnhem 32.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 45.7% were in primary school, 19.1% in secondary school and 5.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Arnhem were Australian Aboriginal 72.1%, Australian 7.7%, English 5.3%, Torres Strait Islander 3.8% and Irish 1.6%.

In Arnhem, 95.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 0.5%, South Africa 0.5%, England 0.3%, Philippines 0.2% and United States of America 0.1%.

In Arnhem, 93.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Arnhem were Uniting Church 35.1%, Anglican 27.5%, No Religion 10.5%, Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 6.5% and Catholic 5.5%.

In Arnhem 16.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Kriol 18.7%, Anindilyakwa 18.2%, Djambarrpuyngu 11.9%, Nunggubuyu 3.0% and Gupapuyngu 1.2%.

Employment

There were 2,563 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Arnhem. Of these 47.1% were employed full time, 21.0% were employed part-time and 24.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Arnhem, 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Arnhem was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Arnhem included Professionals 21.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.0%, Labourers 14.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.1%, Managers 8.1% and Sales Workers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Arnhem, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 18.1%, Metal Ore Mining 13.9%, School Education 9.2%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 7.6% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Arnhem was $269.

In Arnhem, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 42.6%, Car, as driver 23.7%, Car, as passenger 11.8%, Bus 5.1% and Other 1.9%. On the day, 5.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 35.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Arnhem, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 54.3% provided care for children and 24.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.4% 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 Arnhem, 28.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Arnhem, 51.7% were couple families with children, 17.7% were couple families without children and 29.3% were one parent families.

In Arnhem 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Arnhem, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,851 and those without children was $2,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Arnhem, of couple families with children, 15.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 7.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Arnhem, 79.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Arnhem, 93.5% were separate houses, 0.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Arnhem, of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 23.1% had 2 bedrooms and 49.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 4.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Arnhem, 0.4% were owned outright, 0.7% were owned with a mortgage and 95.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Arnhem, of all households, 86.2% were family households, 11.6% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Arnhem, 12.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.5% 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 Arnhem, 34.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 13.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Arnhem, there were 6,520 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3,194 (or 49.0%) were male and 3,326 (or 51.0%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Arnhem, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6.1, with 2.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,226.

In Arnhem, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $70 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $108.