Pukatja (Ernabella) (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 504 people in Pukatja (Ernabella) (L) of these 46.2% were male and 53.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 86.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Pukatja (Ernabella) (L) was 25 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 28.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.2% of the population.

Of people in Pukatja (Ernabella) (L) aged 15 years and over, 47.8% were married and 5.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Pukatja (Ernabella) (L) was 32 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Pukatja (Ernabella) (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 37.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Pukatja (Ernabella) (L) was 32 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Pukatja (Ernabella) (L) 28.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 45.9% were in primary school, 26.7% in secondary school and 4.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Pukatja (Ernabella) (L) were Australian Aboriginal 77.3%, Australian 5.5%, English 5.5%, Irish 1.7% and Scottish 1.5%.

In Pukatja (Ernabella) (L), 98.6% of people were born in Australia. There were no other responses for country of birth.

In Pukatja (Ernabella) (L), 95.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 1.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Pukatja (Ernabella) (L) were Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 40.6%, Uniting Church 32.7%, No Religion 9.7%, Lutheran 2.2% and Christian, nfd 2.0%.

In Pukatja (Ernabella) (L) 11.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Pitjantjatjara 77.8%, Ngaanyatjarra 1.2%, Arrernte, nec 1.0%, Thai 0.8% and Warlpiri 0.8%.

Employment

There were 161 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Pukatja (Ernabella) (L). Of these 58.4% were employed full time, 14.9% were employed part-time and 20.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Pukatja (Ernabella) (L), 7.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Pukatja (Ernabella) (L) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 32 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Pukatja (Ernabella) (L) were Professionals 33.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 26.6%, Managers 14.1%, Labourers 13.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.7% and Technicians and Trades Workers 2.3%.

Of the employed people in Pukatja (Ernabella) (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 25.8%, Other Health Care Services 12.5%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 12.5%, State Government Administration 6.2% and Creative and Performing Arts Activities 6.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Pukatja (Ernabella) (L) was $321.

In Pukatja (Ernabella) (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 50.4%, Car, as driver 28.3%, Car, as passenger 11.0%, Bus 2.4% and Car as driver, car as passenger 2.4%. 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 42.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Pukatja (Ernabella) (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 77.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 57.4% provided care for children and 17.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 5.5% 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 Pukatja (Ernabella) (L), 39.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 3.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 0.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Pukatja (Ernabella) (L), 49.5% were couple families with children, 17.8% were couple families without children and 29.7% were one parent families.

In Pukatja (Ernabella) (L) 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Pukatja (Ernabella) (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $2,562.

Employment status of couple families

In Pukatja (Ernabella) (L), of couple families with children, 9.5% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 5.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Pukatja (Ernabella) (L), 80.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pukatja (Ernabella) (L), 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 Pukatja (Ernabella) (L), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 20.5% had 2 bedrooms and 61.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 4.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pukatja (Ernabella) (L), 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 93.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Pukatja (Ernabella) (L), of all households, 68.9% were family households, 27.8% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Pukatja (Ernabella) (L), 4.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.4% 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 Pukatja (Ernabella) (L), 40.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 13.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Pukatja (Ernabella) (L), there were 437 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 204 (or 46.7%) were male and 233 (or 53.3%) 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 Pukatja (Ernabella) (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6, with 2.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,583.

In Pukatja (Ernabella) (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.