Djarindjin - Lombadina (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 245 people in Djarindjin - Lombadina (L) of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 84.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Djarindjin - Lombadina (L) was 27 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 41.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.5% of the population.

Of people in Djarindjin - Lombadina (L) aged 15 years and over, 21.1% were married and 4.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Djarindjin - Lombadina (L) was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Djarindjin - Lombadina (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 14.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 39.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Djarindjin - Lombadina (L) was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Djarindjin - Lombadina (L) 36.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 62.5% were in primary school, 12.5% in secondary school and 3.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Djarindjin - Lombadina (L) were Australian Aboriginal 69.8%, Australian 7.2%, Irish 5.0%, English 4.3% and Torres Strait Islander 4.0%.

In Djarindjin - Lombadina (L), 98.8% of people were born in Australia. There were no other responses for country of birth.

In Djarindjin - Lombadina (L), 93.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Djarindjin - Lombadina (L) were Catholic 73.7%, No Religion 14.4%, Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 4.9%, Anglican 3.7% and Baptist 1.2%.

In Djarindjin - Lombadina (L) 90.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Bardi 10.0%.

Employment

There were 91 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Djarindjin - Lombadina (L). Of these 50.5% were employed full time, 26.4% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Djarindjin - Lombadina (L), 4.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 31.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Djarindjin - Lombadina (L) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Djarindjin - Lombadina (L) included Professionals 26.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 21.8%, Labourers 12.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9%, Managers 3.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 3.4% and Sales Workers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Djarindjin - Lombadina (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 17.2%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 13.8%, Allied Health Services 8.0%, Creative and Performing Arts Activities 5.7% and Electricity Generation 4.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Djarindjin - Lombadina (L) was $317.

In Djarindjin - Lombadina (L), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Walked only 48.2%, Car, as driver 27.1%, Other 7.1% and Car, as passenger 4.7%. 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 34.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Djarindjin - Lombadina (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 69.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.2% provided care for children and 20.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.3% 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 Djarindjin - Lombadina (L), 30.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 4.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Djarindjin - Lombadina (L), 49.1% were couple families with children, 8.8% were couple families without children and 35.1% were one parent families.

In Djarindjin - Lombadina (L) 44.4% of single parents were male and 55.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Djarindjin - Lombadina (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,941 and those without children was $0.

Employment status of couple families

In Djarindjin - Lombadina (L), of couple families with children, 34.2% had both partners employed full-time, 7.9% had both employed part-time and 10.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Djarindjin - Lombadina (L), 79.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Djarindjin - Lombadina (L), 93.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Djarindjin - Lombadina (L), of occupied private dwellings 10.3% had 1 bedroom, 10.3% had 2 bedrooms and 46.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 3.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Djarindjin - Lombadina (L), 5.1% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 81.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Djarindjin - Lombadina (L), of all households, 81.4% were family households, 18.6% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Djarindjin - Lombadina (L), 35.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.0% 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 Djarindjin - Lombadina (L), 25.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 6.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Djarindjin - Lombadina (L), there were 205 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 106 (or 51.7%) were male and 99 (or 48.3%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Djarindjin - Lombadina (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.3, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $655.

In Djarindjin - Lombadina (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $50 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.