Badu Island

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 783 people in Badu Island of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 89.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Badu Island was 21 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 39.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.2% of the population.

Of people in Badu Island aged 15 years and over, 23.5% were married and 4.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Badu Island was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Badu Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 19.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 34.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Badu Island was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Badu Island 33.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 64.3% were in primary school, 10.9% in secondary school and 7.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Badu Island were Torres Strait Islander 61.5%, Australian Aboriginal 18.8%, Papua New Guinean 8.0%, Australian 3.2% and Samoan 2.3%.

In Badu Island, 99.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was Papua New Guinea 0.4%.

In Badu Island, 88.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Badu Island were Anglican 48.1%, Pentecostal 12.2%, No Religion 8.7%, Other Protestant 4.0% and Catholic 3.8%.

In Badu Island 8.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 61.9%, Kalaw Kawaw Ya/Kalaw Lagaw Ya 24.6% and Mauritian Creole 0.4%.

Employment

There were 283 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Badu Island. Of these 38.2% were employed full time, 47.3% were employed part-time and 7.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Badu Island, 5.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 2.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 26.6% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Badu Island included Labourers 39.5%, Professionals 11.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.6%, Managers 6.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.5% and Sales Workers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Badu Island, the most common responses for industry of employment included Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 18.4%, Allied Health Services 18.0%, Local Government Administration 15.6%, School Education 12.9% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Badu Island was $313.

In Badu Island, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 63.8%, Car, as driver 17.5%, Car, as passenger 9.3%, Bus 1.2% and Truck 1.2%. On the day, 1.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 26.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Badu Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 50.7% provided care for children and 13.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.4% 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 Badu Island, 30.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Badu Island, 53.4% were couple families with children, 10.3% were couple families without children and 32.8% were one parent families.

In Badu Island 18.3% of single parents were male and 81.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Badu Island, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,275 and those without children was $1,949.

Employment status of couple families

In Badu Island, of couple families with children, 14.2% had both partners employed full-time, 10.6% had both employed part-time and 15.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Badu Island, 81.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Badu Island, 93.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Badu Island, of occupied private dwellings 6.3% had 1 bedroom, 17.5% had 2 bedrooms and 36.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 3.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Badu Island, 4.7% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 93.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Badu Island, of all households, 76.3% were family households, 21.1% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Badu Island, 31.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Badu Island, 38.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 10.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 2.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Badu Island, there were 699 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 361 (or 51.6%) were male and 338 (or 48.4%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Badu Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $796.

In Badu Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $99 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.