Wadeye

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,111 people in Wadeye of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 91.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Wadeye was 21 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 36.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.2% of the population.

Of people in Wadeye aged 15 years and over, 28.8% were married and 3.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wadeye was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Wadeye, of people aged 15 years and over, 26.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 23.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wadeye was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Wadeye 30.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 52.8% were in primary school, 20.1% in secondary school and 4.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wadeye were Australian Aboriginal 87.2%, Australian 3.5%, English 2.1%, Scottish 1.3% and Irish 1.1%.

In Wadeye, 99.4% of people were born in Australia. There were no other responses for country of birth.

In Wadeye, 97.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 1.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wadeye were Catholic 87.6%, No Religion 4.7%, Anglican 0.7%, Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 0.4% and Uniting Church 0.4%.

In Wadeye 9.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Murrinh Patha 86.5%, Kriol 0.3%, Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian) 0.3%, Sinhalese 0.1% and Min Nan 0.1%.

Employment

There were 500 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wadeye. Of these 59.0% were employed full time, 14.0% were employed part-time and 23.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wadeye, 4.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wadeye was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 32 years.

The most common occupations in Wadeye included Professionals 24.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 19.0%, Labourers 16.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.5%, Managers 10.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.6% and Sales Workers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in Wadeye, the most common responses for industry of employment included Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 19.2%, School Education 17.6%, Local Government Administration 16.9%, Residential Building Construction 4.6% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wadeye was $191.

In Wadeye, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 55.2%, Car, as driver 16.9%, Car, as passenger 14.6%, Bus 3.1% and Truck 1.8%. On the day, 4.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 32.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wadeye, of people aged 15 years and over, 83.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 68.7% provided care for children and 14.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 5.5% 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 Wadeye, 18.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 31.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 21.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wadeye, 56.3% were couple families with children, 12.2% were couple families without children and 29.4% were one parent families.

In Wadeye 16.5% of single parents were male and 83.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wadeye, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,083 and those without children was $1,625.

Employment status of couple families

In Wadeye, of couple families with children, 13.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 3.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wadeye, 90.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wadeye, 87.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.7% were flats, units or apartments and 5.6% were other dwellings.

In Wadeye, of occupied private dwellings 5.0% had 1 bedroom, 36.1% had 2 bedrooms and 47.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 4.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wadeye, 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 95.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Wadeye, of all households, 84.5% were family households, 11.7% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Wadeye, 34.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.5% 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 Wadeye, 22.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 7.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 3.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wadeye, there were 1,927 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 941 (or 48.8%) were male and 986 (or 51.2%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Wadeye, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6, with 2.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $696.

In Wadeye, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $64 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.