St George Ranges

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,080 people in St George Ranges of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 95.1% of the population.

The median age of people in St George Ranges was 23 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 35.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.6% of the population.

Of people in St George Ranges aged 15 years and over, 34.5% were married and 5.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in St George Ranges was 36 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In St George Ranges, of people aged 15 years and over, 22.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 23.4% were in a de facto marriage.

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

In St George Ranges 37.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 48.9% were in primary school, 10.4% in secondary school and 3.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in St George Ranges were Australian Aboriginal 87.2%, Australian 3.7%, English 2.1%, Torres Strait Islander 1.6% and Irish 1.1%.

In St George Ranges, 98.5% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 0.4%, England 0.3%, Indonesia 0.3% and Ireland 0.3%.

In St George Ranges, 97.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 1.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in St George Ranges were Other Protestant 52.0%, No Religion 8.1%, Catholic 6.2%, Uniting Church 5.1% and Christian, nfd 1.9%.

In St George Ranges 10.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Kriol 68.9%, Walmajarri 10.9%, Gooniyandi 2.3%, Thai 0.3% and Indonesian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 288 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in St George Ranges. Of these 39.2% were employed full time, 46.5% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in St George Ranges, 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 26.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in St George Ranges was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in St George Ranges included Labourers 40.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.7%, Professionals 14.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.7%, Managers 4.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 3.6% and Sales Workers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in St George Ranges, the most common responses for industry of employment included Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 22.0%, School Education 16.5%, Local Government Administration 10.3%, Adult, Community and Other Education 9.9% and Allied Health Services 6.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in St George Ranges was $265.

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In St George Ranges, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 58.1%, Car, as passenger 13.7%, Car, as driver 12.3%, Bus 5.4% and Truck 1.1%. On the day, 5.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 26.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In St George Ranges, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 41.5% provided care for children and 9.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.2% 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 St George Ranges, 21.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 3.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in St George Ranges, 41.3% were couple families with children, 16.6% were couple families without children and 37.9% were one parent families.

In St George Ranges 19.4% of single parents were male and 80.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In St George Ranges, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $833 and those without children was $1,708.

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Employment status of couple families

In St George Ranges, of couple families with children, 8.8% had both partners employed full-time, 12.4% had both employed part-time and 4.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In St George Ranges, 84.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in St George Ranges, 98.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.8% were other dwellings.

In St George Ranges, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 15.1% had 2 bedrooms and 58.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 4.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in St George Ranges, 1.8% were owned outright, 1.8% were owned with a mortgage and 94.5% were rented.

Household composition

In St George Ranges, of all households, 87.7% were family households, 12.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In St George Ranges, 36.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.1% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In St George Ranges, 24.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 7.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 1.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In St George Ranges, there were 1,025 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 494 (or 48.2%) were male and 531 (or 51.8%) were female. The median age was 23 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 St George Ranges, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.6, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $683.

In St George Ranges, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $30 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.