Badu Island

Demographics & education

People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

For the 2016 Census in Badu Island, there were 698 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female.

View the data quality statements for: Place of Usual Residence (PURP) Indigenous status (INGP)

In Badu Island, the median age of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people was 22 years. Of the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 39.2% were children aged 0 to 14 years and 4.8% were people aged 65 years and over.

In Badu Island, 18.5% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were married and 2.5% were either divorced or separated.

In Badu Island, 16.1% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were in a registered marriage and 37.4% were in a de facto marriage.

Of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Badu Island, 33.9% were attending an educational institution. Of these, 71.1% were attending a primary school, 9.6% were attending a secondary school and 5.4% were attending a tertiary or technical institution.

Of people aged 15 and over in Badu Island, 21.8% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 18.5% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 5.0% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

Cultural & language diversity

English was the only language spoken at home by 3.3% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Badu Island. The only other responses for language at home were Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 48.1% and Kalaw Kawaw Ya/Kalaw Lagaw Ya 39.2%.

Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Badu Island (including those who did not state an ancestry).

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Badu Island, the most common ancestries were Torres Strait Islander 60.3%, Australian Aboriginal 13.8%, Maritime South-East Asian, nec 13.7%, Papua New Guinean 3.8% and Australian 2.8%.

Employment

There were 154 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Badu Island. Of these 48.7% were employed full time, 34.4% were employed part-time and 10.4% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Badu Island, the most common occupations were Community and Personal Service Workers 21.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.1%, Professionals 14.6%, Labourers 12.4%, Managers 10.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.2%, Sales Workers 8.8% and Inadequately described 4.4%.

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Badu Island, the most common industries of employment were Local Government Administration 25.2%, Primary Education 10.8%, Other Allied Health Services 10.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 7.2% and Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 6.5%.

The median weekly personal income for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Badu Island was $358 and the median weekly household income was $835.

View the data quality statements for: Total personal income (INCP) Total household income (HIND)

In Badu Island, of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 70.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.6% provided care for children and 6.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.1% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

View the data quality statements for: Unpaid domestic work (DOMP) Unpaid child care (CHCAREP) Unpaid assistance (UNCAREP) Voluntary work (VOLWP)

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

There has been change in methodology used to calculate the average number of persons per bedroom. To compare the time series for average number of persons per bedroom please refer to Understanding the Census and Census Data

In Badu Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6 persons, with 1.1 persons per bedroom and 0.6 registered motor vehicles per dwelling.

View the data quality statements for: Number of Bedrooms in Private Dwelling (BEDD) Household composition (HHCD) Indigenous household Indicator (INGDWTD)

In Badu Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $108 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.

View the data quality statements for: Rent weekly payments (RNTD) Mortgage monthly repayments (MRED) Indigenous household Indicator (INGDWTD)

In Badu Island, of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households, 8.8% were a couple family with no children, 46.2% were a couple family with children and 25.7% were a one parent family.

In multiple family households, only the family composition of the primary family is recorded. Other household includes lone person households and group households.

Dwelling structure

In Badu Island there were 177 private dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Where a dwelling type was stated, 84.1% were separate houses, 15.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Badu Island, of dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 1.7% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 96.6% were rented.