Dampier Peninsula

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,032 people in Dampier Peninsula of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 84.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Dampier Peninsula was 24 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 36.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.1% of the population.

Of people in Dampier Peninsula aged 15 years and over, 26.0% were married and 5.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dampier Peninsula was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Dampier Peninsula, of people aged 15 years and over, 16.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 37.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dampier Peninsula was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Dampier Peninsula 32.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 52.7% were in primary school, 17.0% in secondary school and 5.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dampier Peninsula were Australian Aboriginal 69.3%, Australian 7.9%, English 5.1%, Irish 2.9% and Torres Strait Islander 2.6%.

In Dampier Peninsula, 96.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 0.9%, Ireland 0.7%, South Africa 0.5%, New Zealand 0.4% and Taiwan 0.3%.

In Dampier Peninsula, 91.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dampier Peninsula were Catholic 61.7%, No Religion 14.5%, Uniting Church 7.2%, Christian, nfd 3.5% and Anglican 2.7%.

In Dampier Peninsula 86.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Bardi 8.2%, Afrikaans 0.3%, French 0.3%, Mandarin 0.3% and Yulparija 0.3%.

Employment

There were 338 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dampier Peninsula. Of these 42.9% were employed full time, 30.5% were employed part-time and 15.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dampier Peninsula, 7.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 33.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dampier Peninsula was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 32 years.

The most common occupations in Dampier Peninsula included Labourers 21.2%, Professionals 20.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 19.2%, Managers 10.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.8% and Sales Workers 3.1%.

Of the employed people in Dampier Peninsula, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 16.2%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 16.2%, Aquaculture 7.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.1% and Metal Ore Mining 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dampier Peninsula was $299.

In Dampier Peninsula, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 45.5%, Car, as driver 26.2%, Car, as passenger 6.9%, Other 4.5% and Bus 2.1%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 32.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dampier Peninsula, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 43.1% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.9% 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 Dampier Peninsula, 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 6.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dampier Peninsula, 49.8% were couple families with children, 15.6% were couple families without children and 31.6% were one parent families.

In Dampier Peninsula 18.5% of single parents were male and 81.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dampier Peninsula, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,395 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Dampier Peninsula, of couple families with children, 18.8% had both partners employed full-time, 8.7% had both employed part-time and 8.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dampier Peninsula, 58.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 41.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dampier Peninsula, 91.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.9% were flats, units or apartments and 1.8% were other dwellings.

In Dampier Peninsula, of occupied private dwellings 5.9% had 1 bedroom, 13.6% had 2 bedrooms and 45.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 3.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dampier Peninsula, 6.8% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 82.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Dampier Peninsula, of all households, 85.7% were family households, 14.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Dampier Peninsula, 28.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.6% 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 Dampier Peninsula, 35.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 15.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dampier Peninsula, there were 868 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 440 (or 50.7%) were male and 428 (or 49.3%) 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 Dampier Peninsula, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.2, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $731.

In Dampier Peninsula, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $50 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.