Injinoo

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 474 people in Injinoo of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 95.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Injinoo was 20 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 42.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.0% of the population.

Of people in Injinoo aged 15 years and over, 14.8% were married and 3.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Injinoo was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Injinoo, of people aged 15 years and over, 12.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 30.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Injinoo was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Injinoo 38.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 45.0% were in primary school, 19.4% in secondary school and 5.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Injinoo were Torres Strait Islander 46.0%, Australian Aboriginal 41.4%, Australian 2.2%, English 1.0% and Maori 0.4%.

In Injinoo, 99.4% of people were born in Australia. There were no other responses for country of birth.

In Injinoo, 98.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 0.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Injinoo were Anglican 59.0%, No Religion 10.8%, Pentecostal 8.0%, Christian, nfd 1.5% and Catholic 1.1%.

In Injinoo 4.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 2.3%, Motu (HiriMotu) 0.8%, Kalaw Kawaw Ya/Kalaw Lagaw Ya 0.6% and Kriol 0.6%.

Employment

There were 116 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Injinoo. Of these 66.4% were employed full time, 22.4% were employed part-time and 6.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Injinoo, 5.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 2.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 23.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Injinoo was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Injinoo included Community and Personal Service Workers 24.5%, Labourers 24.5%, Professionals 15.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.5%, Sales Workers 3.8% and Managers 2.8%.

Of the employed people in Injinoo, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 23.8%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 21.0%, Hospitals 8.6%, School Education 7.6% and Child Care Services 4.8%.

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

In Injinoo, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 37.1%, Walked only 22.9%, Car, as passenger 21.9% and Bus 12.4%. On the day, 12.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Injinoo, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.8% provided care for children and 2.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 6.2% 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 Injinoo, 21.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 4.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 1.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Injinoo, 46.2% were couple families with children, 12.9% were couple families without children and 36.6% were one parent families.

In Injinoo 11.8% of single parents were male and 88.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Injinoo, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,799 and those without children was $0.

Employment status of couple families

In Injinoo, of couple families with children, 14.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 14.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Injinoo, 97.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 2.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Injinoo, 77.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.1% were flats, units or apartments and 9.1% were other dwellings.

In Injinoo, of occupied private dwellings 6.0% had 1 bedroom, 20.0% had 2 bedrooms and 34.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 4.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Injinoo, 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 97.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Injinoo, of all households, 83.8% were family households, 16.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Injinoo, 26.7% 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 Injinoo, 39.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 10.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Injinoo, there were 454 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 227 (or 50.0%) were male and 227 (or 50.0%) 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 Injinoo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.3, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,038.

In Injinoo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $78 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.