Victoria River

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 159 people in Victoria River of these 52.8% were male and 47.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 31.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Victoria River was 27 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 3.8% of the population.

Of people in Victoria River aged 15 years and over, 31.5% were married and 9.8% were either divorced or separated.

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

In Victoria River, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 20.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Victoria River was 33 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Victoria River 21.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 44.4% were in primary school, 8.3% in secondary school and 16.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Victoria River were English 26.2%, Australian 24.3%, Australian Aboriginal 20.3%, Irish 7.4% and Scottish 6.4%.

In Victoria River, 90.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.9%, New Zealand 1.9% and United States of America 1.9%.

In Victoria River, 87.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Victoria River were Catholic 20.3%, No Religion 19.0%, Anglican 15.2%, Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 13.3% and Uniting Church 12.7%.

In Victoria River 63.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Ngarinyman 23.9%, Bisaya 1.9%, Jingulu 1.9%, Gurindji 1.9% and Mudburra 1.9%.

Employment

There were 101 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Victoria River. Of these 84.2% were employed full time, 8.9% were employed part-time and 3.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Victoria River, 3.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 74.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Victoria River was 29 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Victoria River were Labourers 32.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 19.6%, Managers 13.7%, Professionals 11.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.9%.

Of the employed people in Victoria River, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 62.1%, Local Government Administration 11.7%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 5.8%, Other Construction Services 3.9% and Accommodation 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Victoria River was $660.

In Victoria River, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 55.9%, Car, as driver 8.8%, Motorbike/scooter 3.9%, Car, as passenger 2.9% and Other 2.9%. 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 12.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Victoria River, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.0% provided care for children and 2.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.6% 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 Victoria River, 12.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 4.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 3.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Victoria River, 57.7% were couple families with children, 30.8% were couple families without children and 11.5% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Victoria River, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Victoria River, of couple families with children, 53.3% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 16.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Victoria River, 82.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Victoria River, 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 Victoria River, of occupied private dwellings 11.1% had 1 bedroom, 26.7% had 2 bedrooms and 24.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Victoria River, 8.7% were owned outright, 6.5% were owned with a mortgage and 65.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Victoria River, of all households, 56.5% were family households, 34.8% were single person households and 8.7% were group households.

In Victoria River, 0.0% 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.

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 Victoria River, 37.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Victoria River, there were 51 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 24 (or 47.1%) were male and 27 (or 52.9%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Victoria River, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.2, with 1.9 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,583.

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