Anindilyakwa

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 581 people in Anindilyakwa of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 89.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Anindilyakwa was 26 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 28.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 1.5% of the population.

Of people in Anindilyakwa aged 15 years and over, 58.7% were married and 3.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Anindilyakwa was 32 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Anindilyakwa, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Anindilyakwa was 33 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 55 years.

In Anindilyakwa 27.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 52.8% were in primary school, 19.5% in secondary school and 3.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Anindilyakwa were Australian Aboriginal 87.3%, English 3.0%, Australian 2.9%, Scottish 1.2% and Torres Strait Islander 0.5%.

In Anindilyakwa, 98.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was Indonesia 0.7%.

In Anindilyakwa, 96.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 1.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The only responses for religion in Anindilyakwa were Anglican 83.9%, No Religion 6.3%, Catholic 2.7% and Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 0.7%.

In Anindilyakwa 9.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Anindilyakwa 87.1% and Indonesian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 142 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Anindilyakwa. Of these 44.4% were employed full time, 21.1% were employed part-time and 28.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Anindilyakwa, 3.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 17.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.5% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Anindilyakwa included Professionals 18.2%, Labourers 18.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.1%, Managers 5.1% and Sales Workers 3.0%.

Of the employed people in Anindilyakwa, the most common responses for industry of employment included Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 19.4%, Local Government Administration 16.3%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 9.2%, Metal Ore Mining 5.1% and Building Completion Services 5.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Anindilyakwa was $275.

In Anindilyakwa, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 45.0%, Car, as driver 20.0%, Car, as passenger 20.0%, Bus 9.0% and Ferry 3.0%. On the day, 9.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 43.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Anindilyakwa, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 46.4% provided care for children and 33.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 5.0% 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 Anindilyakwa, 10.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 26.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Anindilyakwa, 48.3% were couple families with children, 20.8% were couple families without children and 28.9% were one parent families.

In Anindilyakwa 20.5% of single parents were male and 79.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Anindilyakwa, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,583 and those without children was $2,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Anindilyakwa, of couple families with children, 2.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 4.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Anindilyakwa, 84.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Anindilyakwa, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Anindilyakwa, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 18.8% had 2 bedrooms and 52.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Anindilyakwa, 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 93.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Anindilyakwa, of all households, 86.5% were family households, 13.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Anindilyakwa, 13.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.4% 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 Anindilyakwa, 45.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 12.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Anindilyakwa, there were 524 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 253 (or 48.3%) were male and 271 (or 51.7%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Anindilyakwa, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5.6, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,275.

In Anindilyakwa, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.