Anmatjere

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 528 people in Anmatjere of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 87.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Anmatjere was 28 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 28.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.3% of the population.

Of people in Anmatjere aged 15 years and over, 57.4% were married and 3.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Anmatjere was 38 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Anmatjere, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Anmatjere was 34 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 25 years.

In Anmatjere 26.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 65.9% were in primary school, 10.1% in secondary school and 4.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Anmatjere were Australian Aboriginal 82.7%, Australian 4.7%, English 4.0%, Irish 2.4% and Scottish 0.5%.

In Anmatjere, 96.8% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 0.6%, Hungary 0.6% and Ireland 0.6%.

In Anmatjere, 98.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 1.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Anmatjere were Lutheran 57.0%, Baptist 18.8%, Latter-day Saints 7.8%, Catholic 4.7% and No Religion 2.3%.

In Anmatjere 11.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Anmatyerr, nec 55.7%, Warlpiri 15.2%, Alyawarr 8.7%, Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 1.3% and Hungarian 0.8%.

Employment

There were 132 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Anmatjere. Of these 32.6% were employed full time, 37.9% were employed part-time and 18.9% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Anmatjere, 8.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 21.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 26.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Anmatjere was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 30 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Anmatjere were Labourers 31.8%, Managers 15.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.3%, Professionals 7.5% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 3.7%.

Of the employed people in Anmatjere, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 36.4%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 29.9%, State Government Administration 4.7%, School Education 4.7% and Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Anmatjere was $229.

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In Anmatjere, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Walked only 41.1%, Car, as driver 21.5%, Car, as passenger 12.1% and Bus 3.7%. On the day, 2.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 35.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Anmatjere, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.3% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 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 Anmatjere, 18.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 2.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Anmatjere, 48.0% were couple families with children, 27.2% were couple families without children and 22.4% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Anmatjere, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $700 and those without children was $1,125.

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Employment status of couple families

In Anmatjere, of couple families with children, 3.3% had both partners employed full-time, 9.8% had both employed part-time and 3.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Anmatjere, 60.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 39.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Anmatjere, 89.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 8.3% were other dwellings.

In Anmatjere, of occupied private dwellings 4.6% had 1 bedroom, 28.4% had 2 bedrooms and 36.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 4.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Anmatjere, 7.3% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 76.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Anmatjere, of all households, 88.9% were family households, 8.3% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Anmatjere, 41.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Anmatjere, 28.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 10.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Anmatjere, there were 461 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 216 (or 46.9%) were male and 245 (or 53.1%) 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 Anmatjere, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $752.

In Anmatjere, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $20 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.