Nhulunbuy

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,260 people in Nhulunbuy of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 49.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Nhulunbuy was 27 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 31.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.0% of the population.

Of people in Nhulunbuy aged 15 years and over, 52.1% were married and 8.2% were either divorced or separated.

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

In Nhulunbuy, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Nhulunbuy was 40 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Nhulunbuy 35.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.5% were in primary school, 18.6% in secondary school and 9.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nhulunbuy were Australian Aboriginal 37.2%, Australian 19.0%, English 14.7%, Irish 4.8% and Scottish 3.7%.

In Nhulunbuy, 88.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.2%, England 1.2%, Philippines 0.5%, Papua New Guinea 0.4% and India 0.3%.

In Nhulunbuy, 80.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nhulunbuy were Uniting Church 24.9%, No Religion 18.8%, Christian, nfd 13.1%, Catholic 11.2% and Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 8.0%.

In Nhulunbuy 45.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Djambarrpuyngu 23.7%, Dhuwaya 3.4%, Gumatj 1.9%, Galpu 1.6% and Dhalwangu 0.4%.

Employment

There were 3,556 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nhulunbuy. Of these 62.9% were employed full time, 23.3% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nhulunbuy, 5.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nhulunbuy was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Nhulunbuy included Professionals 22.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.8%, Labourers 14.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Managers 8.3% and Sales Workers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Nhulunbuy, the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 18.7%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 9.8%, School Education 7.3%, Local Government Administration 6.7% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nhulunbuy was $518.

In Nhulunbuy, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 36.3%, Walked only 24.9%, Car, as passenger 10.2%, Bus 8.3% and Bicycle 2.3%. On the day, 9.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 46.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nhulunbuy, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 47.9% provided care for children and 14.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.9% 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 Nhulunbuy, 28.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nhulunbuy, 56.4% were couple families with children, 22.7% were couple families without children and 19.9% were one parent families.

In Nhulunbuy 18.5% of single parents were male and 81.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nhulunbuy, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,625 and those without children was $2,843.

Employment status of couple families

In Nhulunbuy, of couple families with children, 28.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 17.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nhulunbuy, 81.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nhulunbuy, 77.1% were separate houses, 9.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 12.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

In Nhulunbuy, of occupied private dwellings 9.0% had 1 bedroom, 18.6% had 2 bedrooms and 52.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 3.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nhulunbuy, 2.6% were owned outright, 1.1% were owned with a mortgage and 91.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Nhulunbuy, of all households, 80.8% were family households, 17.2% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Nhulunbuy, 5.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 24.6% 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 Nhulunbuy, 40.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nhulunbuy, there were 4,076 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 1,989 (or 48.8%) were male and 2,087 (or 51.2%) 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 Nhulunbuy, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5.9, with 2.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,570.

In Nhulunbuy, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $40 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,088.