Yirrkala

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 843 people in Yirrkala of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 77.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Yirrkala was 27 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 1.9% of the population.

Of people in Yirrkala aged 15 years and over, 45.1% were married and 7.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Yirrkala was 37 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Yirrkala, of people aged 15 years and over, 32.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Yirrkala was 40 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Yirrkala 35.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.8% were in primary school, 16.9% in secondary school and 8.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Yirrkala were Australian Aboriginal 59.7%, English 6.2%, Australian 5.6%, Irish 2.3% and Tongan 2.2%.

In Yirrkala, 99.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was Tonga 0.4%.

In Yirrkala, 87.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Yirrkala were Uniting Church 41.7%, No Religion 17.6%, Christian, nfd 9.8%, Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 5.9% and Catholic 2.4%.

In Yirrkala 20.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Fijian 1.2%, Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian) 1.0%, Djambarrpuyngu 0.7%, Djapu 0.6% and Gumatj 0.6%.

Employment

There were 270 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Yirrkala. Of these 57.8% were employed full time, 28.1% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Yirrkala, 1.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Yirrkala was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Yirrkala included Professionals 35.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.7%, Labourers 11.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.2%, Managers 3.5%, Sales Workers 3.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Yirrkala, the most common responses for industry of employment included Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 16.9%, Other Social Assistance Services 14.5%, Local Government Administration 11.4%, School Education 8.6% and Air and Space Transport 5.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Yirrkala was $424.

In Yirrkala, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 32.5%, Car, as driver 31.8%, Car, as passenger 17.3%, Other 5.9% and Bus 3.5%. On the day, 5.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 47.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Yirrkala, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 39.4% provided care for children and 37.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 38.3% 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 Yirrkala, 30.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Yirrkala, 51.6% were couple families with children, 18.6% were couple families without children and 29.8% were one parent families.

In Yirrkala 10.9% of single parents were male and 89.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Yirrkala, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $2,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Yirrkala, of couple families with children, 20.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 11.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Yirrkala, 89.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yirrkala, 89.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.8% were flats, units or apartments and 2.2% were other dwellings.

In Yirrkala, of occupied private dwellings 5.0% had 1 bedroom, 18.6% had 2 bedrooms and 56.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 4.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Yirrkala, 2.1% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 87.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Yirrkala, of all households, 80.0% were family households, 14.3% were single person households and 5.7% were group households.

In Yirrkala, 0.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 21.2% 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 Yirrkala, 38.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Yirrkala, there were 650 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 322 (or 49.5%) were male and 328 (or 50.5%) 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 Yirrkala, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6.4, with 2.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,094.

In Yirrkala, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $40 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.