Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 377 people in Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L) of these 47.2% were male and 52.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 90.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L) was 21 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 38.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.7% of the population.

Of people in Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L) aged 15 years and over, 65.0% were married and 4.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L) was 33 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 56.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.5% were in a de facto marriage.

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

In Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L) 30.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 48.3% were in primary school, 36.2% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L) were Australian Aboriginal 88.5%, Australian 5.9%, English 3.2%, Irish 0.8% and Filipino 0.8%.

In Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L), 96.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.1% and Philippines 0.8%.

In Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L), 97.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 2.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L) were Catholic 81.7%, No Religion 6.6%, Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 4.0%, Christian, nfd 2.4% and Pentecostal 1.9%.

In Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L) 9.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Murrinh Patha 87.0%, Tagalog 1.1%, Kriol 1.1% and Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 0.8%.

Employment

There were 124 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L). Of these 46.8% were employed full time, 21.8% were employed part-time and 29.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L), 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 17.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L) was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 32 years.

The most common occupations in Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L) included Labourers 29.4%, Professionals 24.7%, Sales Workers 11.8%, Managers 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 3.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 26.2%, Local Government Administration 16.7%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 14.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 13.1% and Other Health Care Services 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L) was $243.

In Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Walked only 78.6% and Car, as driver 13.1%. 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 10.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 83.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 62.9% provided care for children and 4.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 7.6% 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 Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L), 26.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 23.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L), 69.8% were couple families with children, 10.5% were couple families without children and 19.8% were one parent families.

In Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L) 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $3,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L), of couple families with children, 8.8% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 5.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L), 91.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (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 Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L), of occupied private dwellings 5.2% had 1 bedroom, 17.2% had 2 bedrooms and 60.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 5.4 people.

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

Household composition

In Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L), of all households, 87.7% were family households, 12.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L), 22.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.3% 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 Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L), 20.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 5.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L), there were 343 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 161 (or 46.9%) were male and 182 (or 53.1%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6.9, with 2.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,036.

In Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $40 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.