Masig Island

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 238 people in Masig Island of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 98.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Masig Island was 25 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 34.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 3.0% of the population.

Of people in Masig Island aged 15 years and over, 20.5% were married and 3.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Masig Island was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Masig Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 17.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 27.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Masig Island was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 27 years.

In Masig Island 35.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.0% were in primary school, 15.7% in secondary school and 24.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Masig Island were Torres Strait Islander 63.7%, Papua New Guinean 13.6%, Australian Aboriginal 10.4%, Australian 3.5% and American 1.3%.

In Masig Island, 100.0% of people were born in Australia. There were no other responses for country of birth.

In Masig Island, 83.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Masig Island were Anglican 44.5%, No Religion 24.2%, Pentecostal 14.4%, Christian, nfd 1.7% and Catholic 1.3%.

In Masig Island 3.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 87.8%, Kalaw Kawaw Ya/Kalaw Lagaw Ya 1.3% and Meriam Mir 1.3%.

Employment

There were 115 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Masig Island. Of these 39.1% were employed full time, 37.4% were employed part-time and 13.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Masig Island, 6.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 25.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Masig Island was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 29 years.

The most common occupations in Masig Island included Labourers 30.4%, Professionals 18.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.7%, Sales Workers 8.8%, Managers 7.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.9% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in Masig Island, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 27.7%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 14.9%, School Education 10.9%, Employment Services 6.9% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Masig Island was $306.

In Masig Island, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Walked only 66.7%, Car, as driver 13.7% and Other 2.9%. 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 13.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Masig Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 59.4% provided care for children and 22.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.6% 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 Masig Island, 28.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 6.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 3.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Masig Island, 43.6% were couple families with children, 7.3% were couple families without children and 49.1% were one parent families.

In Masig Island 16.0% of single parents were male and 84.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Masig Island, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,125 and those without children was $700.

Employment status of couple families

In Masig Island, of couple families with children, 0.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 12.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Masig Island, 74.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 25.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Masig Island, 90.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Masig Island, of occupied private dwellings 6.2% had 1 bedroom, 9.4% had 2 bedrooms and 28.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Masig Island, 8.2% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 91.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Masig Island, of all households, 67.7% were family households, 32.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Masig Island, 26.3% 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 Masig Island, 29.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 9.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Masig Island, there were 232 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 118 (or 50.9%) were male and 114 (or 49.1%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Masig Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $966.

In Masig Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $75 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.