Barkly

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,394 people in Barkly of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 67.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Barkly was 27 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.7% of the population.

Of people in Barkly aged 15 years and over, 43.9% were married and 10.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Barkly was 40 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Barkly, of people aged 15 years and over, 36.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Barkly was 40 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Barkly 35.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.0% were in primary school, 11.5% in secondary school and 5.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Barkly were Australian Aboriginal 47.3%, Australian 14.1%, English 10.6%, Irish 3.5% and Scottish 3.0%.

In Barkly, 88.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.0%, New Zealand 1.0%, Philippines 0.6%, Germany 0.3% and Scotland 0.2%.

In Barkly, 87.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Barkly were No Religion 26.4%, Other Protestant 10.9%, Baptist 10.6%, Anglican 10.6% and Catholic 9.0%.

In Barkly 49.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Alyawarr 11.0%, Kriol 8.3%, Warlpiri 4.0%, Warumungu 3.0% and Kaytetye 1.1%.

Employment

There were 2,977 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Barkly. Of these 59.4% were employed full time, 22.1% were employed part-time and 8.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Barkly, 7.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Barkly was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Barkly included Labourers 22.9%, Professionals 16.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.4%, Managers 12.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.2% and Sales Workers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in Barkly, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 15.7%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 12.2%, School Education 8.0%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 6.4% and State Government Administration 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Barkly was $354.

In Barkly, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 37.6%, Car, as driver 31.5%, Car, as passenger 8.5%, Other 2.4% and Bicycle 2.0%. On the day, 1.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 40.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Barkly, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.8% provided care for children and 9.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.6% 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 Barkly, 21.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Barkly, 43.7% were couple families with children, 29.6% were couple families without children and 23.6% were one parent families.

In Barkly 16.5% of single parents were male and 83.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Barkly, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,506 and those without children was $2,040.

Employment status of couple families

In Barkly, of couple families with children, 22.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 8.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Barkly, 80.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Barkly, 77.1% were separate houses, 3.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.9% were flats, units or apartments and 9.8% were other dwellings.

In Barkly, of occupied private dwellings 10.3% had 1 bedroom, 17.2% had 2 bedrooms and 48.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 3.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Barkly, 12.3% were owned outright, 10.4% were owned with a mortgage and 66.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Barkly, of all households, 72.6% were family households, 23.2% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In Barkly, 20.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.3% 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 Barkly, 33.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 20.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Barkly, there were 5,696 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 2,787 (or 48.9%) were male and 2,909 (or 51.1%) 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 Barkly, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.8, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $977.

In Barkly, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $60 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $867.