Warraber Islet

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 250 people in Warraber Islet of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 86.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Warraber Islet was 20 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 34.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.2% of the population.

Of people in Warraber Islet aged 15 years and over, 29.5% were married and 8.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Warraber Islet was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Warraber Islet, of people aged 15 years and over, 25.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 23.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Warraber Islet was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Warraber Islet 30.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 54.7% were in primary school, 9.3% in secondary school and 12.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Warraber Islet were Torres Strait Islander 48.1%, Ni-Vanuatu 11.3%, Scottish 5.4%, Papua New Guinean 4.6% and French 3.9%.

In Warraber Islet, 95.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.2% and Japan 1.2%.

In Warraber Islet, 93.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 2.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Warraber Islet were Anglican 43.0%, Pentecostal 33.1%, No Religion 5.6%, Catholic 4.4% and Christian, nfd 3.6%.

In Warraber Islet 12.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 75.3%, Kalaw Kawaw Ya/Kalaw Lagaw Ya 2.8% and Meriam Mir 2.0%.

Employment

There were 118 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Warraber Islet. Of these 40.7% were employed full time, 42.4% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Warraber Islet, 4.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 21.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 21.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Warraber Islet was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 31 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Warraber Islet were Labourers 33.0%, Professionals 13.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.0%, Managers 6.1% and Sales Workers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in Warraber Islet, the most common responses for industry of employment included Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 17.8%, Employment Services 10.2%, Local Government Administration 8.5%, School Education 5.9% and Creative and Performing Arts Activities 5.9%.

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

In Warraber Islet, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Walked only 72.4%, Car, as driver 5.2%, Car, as passenger 2.6% and Bicycle 2.6%. 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 9.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Warraber Islet, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 62.7% provided care for children and 51.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 49.7% 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 Warraber Islet, 30.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Warraber Islet, 38.3% were couple families with children, 18.3% were couple families without children and 38.3% were one parent families.

In Warraber Islet 13.6% of single parents were male and 86.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Warraber Islet, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $833 and those without children was $433.

Employment status of couple families

In Warraber Islet, of couple families with children, 23.3% had both partners employed full-time, 13.3% had both employed part-time and 13.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Warraber Islet, 86.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Warraber Islet, 92.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Warraber Islet, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 15.4% had 2 bedrooms and 55.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 4.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Warraber Islet, 5.7% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 88.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Warraber Islet, of all households, 88.7% were family households, 11.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Warraber Islet, 40.4% 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 Warraber Islet, 11.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 5.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 0.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Warraber Islet, there were 218 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 108 (or 49.5%) were male and 110 (or 50.5%) 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 Warraber Islet, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.2, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Warraber Islet, 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.