Kalkarindji

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 343 people in Kalkarindji of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 80.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Kalkarindji was 27 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 28.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.1% of the population.

Of people in Kalkarindji aged 15 years and over, 55.5% were married and 8.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kalkarindji was 37 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Kalkarindji, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kalkarindji was 40 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 25 years.

In Kalkarindji 33.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 45.3% were in primary school, 8.5% in secondary school and 6.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kalkarindji were Australian Aboriginal 68.6%, Australian 6.5%, English 6.5%, Scottish 2.2% and Slovak 1.1%.

In Kalkarindji, 95.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was Zambia 1.2%.

In Kalkarindji, 94.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kalkarindji were Baptist 53.0%, No Religion 14.2%, Catholic 7.0%, Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 6.4% and Anglican 3.2%.

In Kalkarindji 19.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Gurindji 60.1%, Warlpiri 5.8%, Nhangu, nec 1.2%, Jaru 1.2% and Afrikaans 0.9%.

Employment

There were 111 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kalkarindji. Of these 42.3% were employed full time, 42.3% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Kalkarindji, 18.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kalkarindji was 53 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Kalkarindji included Labourers 19.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 17.8%, Professionals 16.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.1%, Managers 8.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.6%, Sales Workers 3.7% and Technicians and Trades Workers 2.8%.

Of the employed people in Kalkarindji, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 27.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 12.1%, School Education 12.1%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 5.6% and Market Research and Statistical Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kalkarindji was $291.

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In Kalkarindji, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 56.1%, Car, as driver 17.8%, Car, as passenger 7.5%, Truck 2.8% and Other 2.8%. 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 25.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kalkarindji, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 40.2% provided care for children and 14.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 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 Kalkarindji, 13.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 2.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 1.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kalkarindji, 40.3% were couple families with children, 22.2% were couple families without children and 33.3% were one parent families.

In Kalkarindji 14.3% of single parents were male and 85.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kalkarindji, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $2,050.

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Employment status of couple families

In Kalkarindji, of couple families with children, 22.4% had both partners employed full-time, 8.2% had both employed part-time and 14.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kalkarindji, 77.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kalkarindji, 79.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 20.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Kalkarindji, of occupied private dwellings 7.4% had 1 bedroom, 17.6% had 2 bedrooms and 63.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kalkarindji, 5.7% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 90.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Kalkarindji, of all households, 82.4% were family households, 17.6% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Kalkarindji, 12.1% 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 Kalkarindji, 42.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 13.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kalkarindji, there were 280 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 130 (or 46.4%) were male and 150 (or 53.6%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Kalkarindji, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.9, with 1.9 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,079.

In Kalkarindji, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $90 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.