Wellesley Islands

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,142 people in Wellesley Islands of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 88.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Wellesley Islands was 26 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 35.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.0% of the population.

Of people in Wellesley Islands aged 15 years and over, 17.6% were married and 5.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wellesley Islands was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Wellesley Islands, of people aged 15 years and over, 14.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 33.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wellesley Islands was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Wellesley Islands 29.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 54.3% were in primary school, 17.0% in secondary school and 4.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wellesley Islands were Australian Aboriginal 80.0%, English 5.1%, Australian 2.7%, Chinese 1.7% and Irish 1.3%.

In Wellesley Islands, 99.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was England 0.3%.

In Wellesley Islands, 95.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wellesley Islands were Uniting Church 39.4%, No Religion 31.8%, Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 8.9%, Catholic 5.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.5%.

In Wellesley Islands 87.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Lardil 6.7%, Wik Mungkan 0.5%, Cape York Peninsula Languages, nec 0.5% and Kayardild 0.3%.

Employment

There were 329 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wellesley Islands. Of these 56.5% were employed full time, 22.5% were employed part-time and 15.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wellesley Islands, 9.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.8% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Wellesley Islands included Community and Personal Service Workers 21.7%, Labourers 21.3%, Professionals 20.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.8%, Managers 7.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.2%, Sales Workers 4.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in Wellesley Islands, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 18.7%, School Education 12.9%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 12.9%, Hospitals 6.8% and Allied Health Services 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wellesley Islands was $287.

In Wellesley Islands, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 37.4%, Car, as driver 26.3%, Car, as passenger 24.5%, Bus 1.4% and Motorbike/scooter 1.4%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 51.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wellesley Islands, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 48.4% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.8% 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 Wellesley Islands, 19.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 6.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 3.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wellesley Islands, 42.1% were couple families with children, 23.8% were couple families without children and 31.3% were one parent families.

In Wellesley Islands 14.1% of single parents were male and 85.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wellesley Islands, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,281 and those without children was $1,892.

Employment status of couple families

In Wellesley Islands, of couple families with children, 17.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 6.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wellesley Islands, 79.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wellesley Islands, 89.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.3% were flats, units or apartments and 3.6% were other dwellings.

In Wellesley Islands, of occupied private dwellings 6.9% had 1 bedroom, 22.4% had 2 bedrooms and 52.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wellesley Islands, 0.0% were owned outright, 1.2% were owned with a mortgage and 94.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Wellesley Islands, of all households, 76.0% were family households, 21.1% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Wellesley Islands, 22.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.6% 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 Wellesley Islands, 31.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 10.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wellesley Islands, there were 1,008 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 485 (or 48.1%) were male and 523 (or 51.9%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Wellesley Islands, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.6, with 1.7 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $872.

In Wellesley Islands, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $60 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.