Boigu Island (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 208 people in Boigu Island (L) of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 90.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Boigu Island (L) was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 35.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.9% of the population.

Of people in Boigu Island (L) aged 15 years and over, 31.9% were married and 4.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Boigu Island (L) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Boigu Island (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 25.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Boigu Island (L) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Boigu Island (L) 35.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 52.6% were in primary school, 5.3% in secondary school and 7.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Boigu Island (L) were Torres Strait Islander 77.8%, Papua New Guinean 9.8%, Australian 2.7%, English 2.2% and Australian Aboriginal 1.3%.

In Boigu Island (L), 98.1% of people were born in Australia. There were no other responses for country of birth.

In Boigu Island (L), 78.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Boigu Island (L) were Anglican 68.3%, Pentecostal 13.9%, Baptist 3.8%, No Religion 2.9% and Latter-day Saints 1.4%.

In Boigu Island (L) 5.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Kalaw Kawaw Ya/Kalaw Lagaw Ya 46.2%, Kriol 16.8% and Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 1.4%.

Employment

There were 91 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Boigu Island (L). Of these 38.5% were employed full time, 33.0% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Boigu Island (L), 7.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 28.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Boigu Island (L) was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Boigu Island (L) were Labourers 40.5%, Professionals 15.5%, Managers 8.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.1% and Sales Workers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in Boigu Island (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 32.1%, Allied Health Services 16.7%, School Education 15.5%, Hospitals 8.3% and Parks and Gardens Operations 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Boigu Island (L) was $357.

In Boigu Island (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 81.2%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Car, as driver 3.5%, Truck 3.5% and Motorbike/scooter 3.5%. 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 9.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Boigu Island (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 68.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.3% provided care for children and 5.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.5% 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 Boigu Island (L), 2.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 5.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Boigu Island (L), 41.2% were couple families with children, 11.8% were couple families without children and 41.2% were one parent families.

In Boigu Island (L) 14.3% of single parents were male and 85.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Boigu Island (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,125 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Boigu Island (L), of couple families with children, 13.6% had both partners employed full-time, 13.6% had both employed part-time and 27.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Boigu Island (L), 84.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Boigu Island (L), 93.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 6.1% were other dwellings.

In Boigu Island (L), of occupied private dwellings 8.2% had 1 bedroom, 0.0% had 2 bedrooms and 20.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Boigu Island (L), 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 94.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Boigu Island (L), of all households, 78.0% were family households, 22.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Boigu Island (L), 18.6% 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 Boigu Island (L), 18.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 0.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 0.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Boigu Island (L), there were 187 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 91 (or 48.7%) were male and 96 (or 51.3%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Boigu Island (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $916.

In Boigu Island (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $32 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.