Stuart

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,731 people in Stuart of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 75.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Stuart was 26 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 29.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.1% of the population.

Of people in Stuart aged 15 years and over, 50.6% were married and 8.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Stuart was 38 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Stuart, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Stuart was 38 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Stuart 31.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.0% were in primary school, 12.6% in secondary school and 5.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Stuart were Australian Aboriginal 63.5%, Australian 10.2%, English 8.1%, Scottish 2.7% and Irish 2.5%.

In Stuart, 93.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 0.8%, England 0.7%, France 0.1%, Germany 0.1% and Papua New Guinea 0.1%.

In Stuart, 92.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Stuart were No Religion 19.6%, Baptist 19.4%, Lutheran 10.8%, Catholic 8.5% and Pentecostal 7.1%.

In Stuart 27.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Warlpiri 23.2%, Kriol 14.3%, Anmatyerr, nec 11.0%, Gurindji 6.7% and Ngarinyman 3.9%.

Employment

There were 2,344 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Stuart. Of these 52.9% were employed full time, 26.5% were employed part-time and 11.6% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Stuart, 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Stuart was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Stuart included Labourers 22.7%, Professionals 15.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.1%, Managers 10.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.6% and Sales Workers 2.8%.

Of the employed people in Stuart, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 23.0%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 13.3%, Metal Ore Mining 10.0%, School Education 6.0% and Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 5.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Stuart was $288.

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In Stuart, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 43.7%, Car, as driver 18.7%, Car, as passenger 8.0%, Bus 6.4% and Other 3.7%. On the day, 7.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 27.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Stuart, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 42.6% provided care for children and 15.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.2% 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 Stuart, 22.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Stuart, 49.7% were couple families with children, 25.2% were couple families without children and 22.7% were one parent families.

In Stuart 14.2% of single parents were male and 85.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Stuart, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,441 and those without children was $1,796.

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Employment status of couple families

In Stuart, of couple families with children, 16.2% had both partners employed full-time, 6.6% had both employed part-time and 7.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Stuart, 74.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 25.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stuart, 84.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.8% were flats, units or apartments and 7.2% were other dwellings.

In Stuart, of occupied private dwellings 7.5% had 1 bedroom, 20.2% had 2 bedrooms and 50.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 3.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stuart, 8.6% were owned outright, 3.2% were owned with a mortgage and 79.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Stuart, of all households, 76.1% were family households, 20.8% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Stuart, 24.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.8% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In Stuart, 32.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 14.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Stuart, there were 5,059 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 2,438 (or 48.2%) were male and 2,621 (or 51.8%) 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 Stuart, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5.1, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $841.

In Stuart, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $25 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $726.