Oombulgurri

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 288 people in Oombulgurri of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 54.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Oombulgurri was 27 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.5% of the population.

Of people in Oombulgurri aged 15 years and over, 27.4% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Oombulgurri was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Oombulgurri, of people aged 15 years and over, 34.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Oombulgurri was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Oombulgurri 24.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.3% were in primary school, 11.1% in secondary school and 12.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Oombulgurri were Australian Aboriginal 45.4%, Australian 19.4%, English 12.0%, Scottish 5.9% and Irish 4.3%.

In Oombulgurri, 83.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.5%, New Zealand 3.1%, Germany 1.0%, Malaysia 1.0% and Wales 1.0%.

In Oombulgurri, 83.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Oombulgurri were Catholic 34.6%, No Religion 24.8%, Anglican 7.7%, Other Protestant 7.7% and Uniting Church 4.9%.

In Oombulgurri 73.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Ngarinyin 8.4%, Ngarinyman 5.3%, Wunambal 1.8%, French 1.4% and Welsh 1.1%.

Employment

There were 141 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Oombulgurri. Of these 64.5% were employed full time, 16.3% were employed part-time and 2.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Oombulgurri, 4.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 58.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Oombulgurri was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 25 years.

The most common occupations in Oombulgurri included Labourers 23.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 21.2%, Managers 16.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.9%, Professionals 11.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.4%, Sales Workers 3.6% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 2.2%.

Of the employed people in Oombulgurri, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 24.6%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 15.2%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 10.9%, Scenic and Sightseeing Transport 4.3% and School Education 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Oombulgurri was $485.

In Oombulgurri, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Walked only 64.7%, Car, as driver 5.9%, Other 5.9% and Car, as passenger 3.7%. On the day, 2.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 9.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Oombulgurri, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.2% provided care for children and 8.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.3% 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 Oombulgurri, 11.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 2.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Oombulgurri, 38.1% were couple families with children, 33.3% were couple families without children and 16.7% were one parent families.

In Oombulgurri 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Oombulgurri, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,066 and those without children was $2,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Oombulgurri, of couple families with children, 10.7% had both partners employed full-time, 10.7% had both employed part-time and 0.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Oombulgurri, 39.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 60.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Oombulgurri, 80.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 19.6% were other dwellings.

In Oombulgurri, of occupied private dwellings 15.4% had 1 bedroom, 15.4% had 2 bedrooms and 34.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4. The average household size was 3.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Oombulgurri, 13.7% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 72.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Oombulgurri, of all households, 75.0% were family households, 15.4% were single person households and 9.6% were group households.

In Oombulgurri, 34.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.0% 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 Oombulgurri, 23.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 11.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Oombulgurri, there were 154 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 75 (or 48.7%) were male and 79 (or 51.3%) 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 Oombulgurri, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5.1, with 1.8 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $475.

In Oombulgurri, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $36 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.