Amoonguna

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 275 people in Amoonguna of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 96.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Amoonguna was 26 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 30.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.2% of the population.

Of people in Amoonguna aged 15 years and over, 39.1% were married and 12.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Amoonguna was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Amoonguna, of people aged 15 years and over, 33.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Amoonguna was 37 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 23 years.

In Amoonguna 37.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.5% were in primary school, 28.8% in secondary school and 5.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The only responses for ancestry in Amoonguna were Australian Aboriginal 83.0%, Australian 7.8%, Torres Strait Islander 2.5% and English 1.4%.

In Amoonguna, 97.1% of people were born in Australia. There were no other responses for country of birth.

In Amoonguna, 100.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 0.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Amoonguna were Catholic 58.1%, No Religion 7.9%, Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 5.4%, Lutheran 3.2% and Anglican 1.8%.

In Amoonguna 20.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arrernte, nec 44.6%, Eastern Arrernte 19.2%, Alyawarr 1.8%, Luritja 1.4% and Arnhem Land and Daly River Region Languages, nec 1.1%.

Employment

There were 78 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Amoonguna. Of these 24.4% were employed full time, 21.8% were employed part-time and 50.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Amoonguna, 7.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 17.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 17.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Amoonguna was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Amoonguna were Community and Personal Service Workers 37.8%, Labourers 29.7%, Professionals 16.2% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.2%.

Of the employed people in Amoonguna, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 48.6%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 10.8%, Accommodation 10.8%, Central Government Administration 10.8% and Creative and Performing Arts Activities 10.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Amoonguna was $235.

In Amoonguna, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 48.7%, Car, as driver 23.1%, Car, as passenger 12.8%, Other 7.7% and Car as driver, car as passenger 7.7%. 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 46.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Amoonguna, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.0% provided care for children and 9.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 5.7% 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 Amoonguna, 25.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Amoonguna, 38.5% were couple families with children, 21.5% were couple families without children and 40.0% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Amoonguna, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $900 and those without children was $0.

Employment status of couple families

In Amoonguna, of couple families with children, 11.1% had both partners employed full-time, 8.3% 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 Amoonguna, 84.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Amoonguna, 83.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.4% were flats, units or apartments and 9.3% were other dwellings.

In Amoonguna, of occupied private dwellings 9.1% had 1 bedroom, 7.3% had 2 bedrooms and 49.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 4.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Amoonguna, 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 77.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Amoonguna, of all households, 94.3% were family households, 5.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Amoonguna, 48.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.3% 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 Amoonguna, 22.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 17.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Amoonguna, there were 267 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 131 (or 49.1%) were male and 136 (or 50.9%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Amoonguna, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.2, with 1.8 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $657.

In Amoonguna, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $25 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.