Broome Town Camps

Demographics & education

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

For the 2016 Census in Broome Town Camps, there were 179 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female.

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

In Broome Town Camps, the median age of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people was 31 years. Of the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 31.1% were children aged 0 to 14 years and 7.2% were people aged 65 years and over.

In Broome Town Camps, 34.6% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were married and 15.4% were either divorced or separated.

In Broome Town Camps, 29.6% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were in a registered marriage and 23.2% were in a de facto marriage.

Of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Broome Town Camps, 27.8% were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.0% were attending a primary school, 18.0% were attending a secondary school and 6.0% were attending a tertiary or technical institution.

Of people aged 15 and over in Broome Town Camps, 10.0% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 19.2% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 5.4% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

Cultural & language diversity

English was the only language spoken at home by 81.4% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Broome Town Camps. The only other responses for language at home were Bunuba 2.2%, Kukatja 1.6%, Bardi 1.6% and Kriol 1.6%.

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 Broome Town Camps (including those who did not state an ancestry).

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Broome Town Camps, the most common ancestries were Australian 40.6%, Australian Aboriginal 23.3%, Torres Strait Islander 8.0%, Irish 6.8% and English 5.6%.

Employment

There were 60 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Broome Town Camps. Of these 46.7% were employed full time, 23.3% were employed part-time and 21.7% 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.

The only responses for occupations for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Broome Town Camps were Clerical and Administrative Workers 33.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 22.2%, Managers 15.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.3%, Machinery Operators and Drivers 8.9% and Professionals 6.7%.

The only responses for industry of employment for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Broome Town Camps were Iron Ore Mining 27.8%, Free-to-Air Television Broadcasting 16.7% and Other Social Assistance Services 16.7%.

The median weekly personal income for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Broome Town Camps was $411 and the median weekly household income was $1,174.

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

In Broome Town Camps, of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 54.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.9% provided care for children and 9.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.9% 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 Broome Town Camps, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7 persons, with 1.2 persons per bedroom and 1.7 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 Broome Town Camps, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 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 Broome Town Camps, of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households, 22.0% were a couple family with no children, 40.7% were a couple family with children and 16.9% 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 Broome Town Camps there were 58 private dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Where a dwelling type was stated, 86.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats or apartments and 13.8% were other dwellings.

In Broome Town Camps, of dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 29.7% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 39.1% were rented.