Camballin

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 556 people in Camballin of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 83.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Camballin was 25 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 30.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.4% of the population.

Of people in Camballin aged 15 years and over, 16.3% were married and 3.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Camballin was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Camballin, of people aged 15 years and over, 17.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 25.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Camballin was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Camballin 29.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 57.1% were in primary school, 14.1% in secondary school and 3.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Camballin were Australian Aboriginal 70.3%, Australian 12.5%, English 7.4%, Scottish 2.0% and Irish 2.0%.

In Camballin, 95.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 0.9% and New Zealand 0.7%.

In Camballin, 95.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Camballin were Other Protestant 20.3%, Pentecostal 16.7%, Christian, nfd 14.0%, Churches of Christ 9.4% and No Religion 9.4%.

In Camballin 50.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Kriol 30.9%, Walmajarri 3.9%, Nyikina 3.1%, Mangala 3.1% and Kija 1.4%.

Employment

There were 173 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Camballin. Of these 46.2% were employed full time, 39.3% were employed part-time and 6.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Camballin, 15.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Camballin was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 30 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Camballin were Labourers 30.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 18.7%, Professionals 13.9%, Managers 12.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.6% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in Camballin, the most common responses for industry of employment included Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 23.5%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 22.3%, School Education 19.9%, Accommodation 3.6% and Forestry Support Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Camballin was $328.

In Camballin, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 44.3%, Car, as driver 18.6%, Car, as passenger 12.6%, Bus 9.0% and Other 1.8%. On the day, 8.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 31.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Camballin, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.6% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.3% 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 Camballin, 27.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 3.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Camballin, 38.8% were couple families with children, 18.2% were couple families without children and 39.7% were one parent families.

In Camballin 16.3% of single parents were male and 83.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Camballin, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,583 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Camballin, of couple families with children, 14.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 5.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Camballin, 82.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Camballin, 94.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 5.8% were other dwellings.

In Camballin, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 14.9% had 2 bedrooms and 49.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 3.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Camballin, 2.5% were owned outright, 2.5% were owned with a mortgage and 89.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Camballin, of all households, 81.5% were family households, 18.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Camballin, 24.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.4% 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 Camballin, 33.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 13.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Camballin, there were 462 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 231 (or 50.0%) were male and 231 (or 50.0%) 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 Camballin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.3, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,089.

In Camballin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $130 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.