Adelaide River (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 237 people in Adelaide River (L) of these 46.8% were male and 53.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 30.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Adelaide River (L) was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.7% of the population.

Of people in Adelaide River (L) aged 15 years and over, 41.0% were married and 17.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Adelaide River (L) was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 36 years.

In Adelaide River (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 39.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Adelaide River (L) was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Adelaide River (L) 21.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.2% were in primary school, 17.6% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Adelaide River (L) were Australian 32.1%, English 22.6%, Australian Aboriginal 16.4%, Scottish 8.4% and Irish 4.9%.

In Adelaide River (L), 81.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 4.7%, England 3.4%, Philippines 1.3% and Scotland 1.3%.

In Adelaide River (L), 79.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Adelaide River (L) were No Religion 36.6%, Catholic 22.6%, Anglican 14.9%, Uniting Church 6.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.7%.

In Adelaide River (L) 87.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Filipino 1.7% and Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 1.7%.

Employment

There were 99 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Adelaide River (L). Of these 56.6% were employed full time, 24.2% were employed part-time and 8.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Adelaide River (L), 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Adelaide River (L) was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 55 years.

The most common occupations in Adelaide River (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.2%, Labourers 16.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.7%, Professionals 14.6%, Managers 10.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.0% and Sales Workers 4.5%.

Of the employed people in Adelaide River (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 10.0%, Accommodation 8.9%, Metal Ore Mining 7.8%, Tertiary Education 7.8% and Road Freight Transport 6.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Adelaide River (L) was $430.

In Adelaide River (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 34.1%, Walked only 26.4%, Car, as passenger 6.6%, Truck 3.3% and Bicycle 3.3%. 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 41.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Adelaide River (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 60.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.9% provided care for children and 9.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.8% 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 Adelaide River (L), 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Adelaide River (L), 40.0% were couple families with children, 40.0% were couple families without children and 11.7% were one parent families.

In Adelaide River (L) 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Adelaide River (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $700 and those without children was $1,041.

Employment status of couple families

In Adelaide River (L), of couple families with children, 19.1% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 6.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Adelaide River (L), 88.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Adelaide River (L), 72.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.6% were flats, units or apartments and 18.1% were other dwellings.

In Adelaide River (L), of occupied private dwellings 11.1% had 1 bedroom, 28.4% had 2 bedrooms and 38.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Adelaide River (L), 37.8% were owned outright, 20.7% were owned with a mortgage and 31.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Adelaide River (L), of all households, 60.2% were family households, 33.7% were single person households and 6.0% were group households.

In Adelaide River (L), 34.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.7% 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 Adelaide River (L), 42.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Adelaide River (L), there were 73 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 31 (or 42.5%) were male and 42 (or 57.5%) 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 Adelaide River (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.7 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $941.

In Adelaide River (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $60 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $997.