Looma (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 374 people in Looma (L) of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 97.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Looma (L) was 24 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 30.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.6% of the population.

Of people in Looma (L) aged 15 years and over, 12.4% were married and 1.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Looma (L) was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Looma (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 11.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 25.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Looma (L) was 39 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Looma (L) 28.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 63.6% were in primary school, 14.0% in secondary school and 2.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The only responses for ancestry in Looma (L) were Australian Aboriginal 91.9%, Australian 3.7%, English 0.8% and German 0.8%.

In Looma (L), 97.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was New Zealand 1.1%.

In Looma (L), 99.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 0.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Looma (L) were Other Protestant 27.9%, Pentecostal 24.4%, Christian, nfd 17.2%, Churches of Christ 14.1% and No Religion 5.8%.

In Looma (L) 49.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Kriol 34.4%, Walmajarri 5.9%, Mangala 4.8%, Nyikina 1.1% and Nyangumarta 1.1%.

Employment

There were 79 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Looma (L). Of these 29.1% were employed full time, 50.6% were employed part-time and 13.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Looma (L), 17.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 19.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 17.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Looma (L) was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Looma (L) were Labourers 48.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 25.0%, Professionals 8.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Looma (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 39.7%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 11.0%, School Education 9.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.5% and Local Government Administration 5.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Looma (L) was $277.

In Looma (L), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Walked only 47.2%, Car, as driver 19.4%, Bus 13.9% and Car, as passenger 11.1%. On the day, 16.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 21.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Looma (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 64.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.5% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 5.8% 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 Looma (L), 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 2.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Looma (L), 47.0% were couple families with children, 7.2% were couple families without children and 41.0% were one parent families.

In Looma (L) 9.4% of single parents were male and 90.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Looma (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,125 and those without children was $0.

Employment status of couple families

In Looma (L), of couple families with children, 9.8% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 0.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Looma (L), 89.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Looma (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 Looma (L), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 0.0% had 2 bedrooms and 48.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 4.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Looma (L), 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 100.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Looma (L), of all households, 93.5% were family households, 6.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Looma (L), 28.6% 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 Looma (L), 24.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 4.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 0.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Looma (L), there were 366 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 185 (or 50.5%) were male and 181 (or 49.5%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Looma (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.7, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $924.

In Looma (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $130 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.