Gibson Desert South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 302 people in Gibson Desert South of these 58.3% were male and 41.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 66.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Gibson Desert South was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.6% of the population.

Of people in Gibson Desert South aged 15 years and over, 35.0% were married and 10.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Gibson Desert South was 40 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Gibson Desert South, of people aged 15 years and over, 32.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 21.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Gibson Desert South was 34 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Gibson Desert South 25.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.2% were in primary school, 7.7% in secondary school and 5.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Gibson Desert South were Australian Aboriginal 57.7%, English 12.3%, Australian 11.7%, Irish 2.7% and German 1.8%.

In Gibson Desert South, 88.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.6%, Canada 1.0%, France 1.0%, United States of America 1.0% and Vietnam 1.0%.

In Gibson Desert South, 83.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Gibson Desert South were Churches of Christ 31.6%, No Religion 20.4%, Lutheran 12.8%, Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 5.9% and Catholic 3.9%.

In Gibson Desert South 51.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Ngaanyatjarra 34.8%, Vietnamese 1.3%, Pitjantjatjara 1.3%, Wangkatha 1.3% and French 1.0%.

Employment

There were 151 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gibson Desert South. Of these 45.7% were employed full time, 38.4% were employed part-time and 7.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Gibson Desert South, 26.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Gibson Desert South was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Gibson Desert South were Labourers 33.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.8%, Professionals 12.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.1%, Managers 5.8% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in Gibson Desert South, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 23.4%, Local Government Administration 18.2%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 13.9%, Other Mining Support Services 10.9% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 7.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gibson Desert South was $332.

In Gibson Desert South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 57.4%, Car, as driver 17.6%, Car, as passenger 11.0%, Other 6.6% and Truck 2.2%. 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 27.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Gibson Desert South, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.2% provided care for children and 32.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 36.7% 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 Gibson Desert South, 23.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Gibson Desert South, 50.0% were couple families with children, 16.1% were couple families without children and 33.9% were one parent families.

In Gibson Desert South 18.8% of single parents were male and 81.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Gibson Desert South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $559 and those without children was $2,062.

Employment status of couple families

In Gibson Desert South, of couple families with children, 9.5% had both partners employed full-time, 21.4% had both employed part-time and 11.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Gibson Desert South, 68.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 31.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gibson Desert South, 79.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.3% were flats, units or apartments and 6.3% were other dwellings.

In Gibson Desert South, of occupied private dwellings 6.2% had 1 bedroom, 18.8% had 2 bedrooms and 51.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 3.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Gibson Desert South, 6.3% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 87.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Gibson Desert South, of all households, 69.2% were family households, 24.6% were single person households and 6.2% were group households.

In Gibson Desert South, 34.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.2% 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 Gibson Desert South, 29.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 12.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Gibson Desert South, there were 202 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 93 (or 46.0%) were male and 109 (or 54.0%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Gibson Desert South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.9 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $585.

In Gibson Desert South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $42 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.