Mabuiag Island

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 260 people in Mabuiag Island of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 95.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Mabuiag Island was 19 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 41.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 1.1% of the population.

Of people in Mabuiag Island aged 15 years and over, 14.0% were married and 0.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mabuiag Island was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Mabuiag Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 14.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 35.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mabuiag Island was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Mabuiag Island 33.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 66.3% were in primary school, 10.5% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mabuiag Island were Torres Strait Islander 89.0%, Australian Aboriginal 3.7%, Australian 2.9%, Maori 1.1% and Papua New Guinean 1.1%.

In Mabuiag Island, 98.1% of people were born in Australia. There were no other responses for country of birth.

In Mabuiag Island, 96.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 1.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mabuiag Island were Anglican 50.6%, No Religion 30.7%, Other Protestant 6.5%, Uniting Church 3.8% and Latter-day Saints 3.4%.

In Mabuiag Island 5.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Kalaw Kawaw Ya/Kalaw Lagaw Ya 43.1% and Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 37.7%.

Employment

There were 93 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mabuiag Island. Of these 45.2% were employed full time, 48.4% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mabuiag Island, 3.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 15.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mabuiag Island was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Mabuiag Island were Labourers 49.5%, Professionals 22.0%, Managers 9.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 3.3% and Sales Workers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Mabuiag Island, the most common responses for industry of employment included Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 21.1%, Local Government Administration 20.0%, Employment Services 18.9%, School Education 17.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mabuiag Island was $332.

In Mabuiag Island, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Walked only 82.0%, Car, as driver 6.7%, Bicycle 6.7% and Car, as passenger 4.5%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 13.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mabuiag Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 46.7% provided care for children and 21.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 43.3% 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 Mabuiag Island, 22.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 23.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mabuiag Island, 56.6% were couple families with children, 7.5% were couple families without children and 30.2% were one parent families.

In Mabuiag Island 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mabuiag Island, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,416 and those without children was $1,458.

Employment status of couple families

In Mabuiag Island, of couple families with children, 11.1% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 33.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mabuiag Island, 81.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mabuiag Island, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mabuiag Island, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 9.1% had 2 bedrooms and 22.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4. The average household size was 5.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mabuiag Island, 6.8% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 84.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Mabuiag Island, of all households, 93.2% were family households, 6.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Mabuiag Island, 6.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.7% 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 Mabuiag Island, 27.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 7.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 0.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mabuiag Island, there were 251 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 122 (or 48.6%) were male and 129 (or 51.4%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Mabuiag Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5.5, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,202.

In Mabuiag Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $95 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.