Minyerri

2016 Census Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people QuickStats
Geography type Indigenous Locations
Area code ILOC70500402
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 585
Male 47.4%
Female 52.6%
Median age 20
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households 61
Average people per household 6.6
Median weekly household income $1,511
Median monthly mortgage repayments $0
Median weekly rent $100

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People

demographics & education | cultural & language diversity | employment

Demographics & education

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

People Minyerri % Minyerri Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Aboriginal 582 99.5 55,808 95.8 590,062 90.9
Torres Strait Islander 0 0.0 739 1.3 32,344 5.0
Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 3 0.5 1,699 2.9 26,767 4.1

For the 2016 Census in Minyerri, there were 585 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 47.4% were male and 52.6% were female.

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Age Minyerri % Minyerri Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Median age 20 -- 25 -- 23 --
0-4 years 61 10.3 5,596 9.6 73,265 11.3
5-14 years 173 29.1 11,889 20.4 147,134 22.7
15-24 years 113 19.0 11,103 19.1 123,719 19.1
25-34 years 118 19.9 9,634 16.5 88,861 13.7
35-44 years 55 9.3 7,708 13.2 72,394 11.2
45-54 years 39 6.6 6,396 11.0 67,415 10.4
55-64 years 25 4.2 3,715 6.4 45,433 7.0
65 years and over 10 1.7 2,211 3.8 30,952 4.8

In Minyerri, the median age of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people was 20 years. Of the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 39.8% were children aged 0 to 14 years and 1.7% were people aged 65 years and over.

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Registered marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Minyerri % Minyerri Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Married 221 62.8 15,934 39.1 105,086 24.5
Separated 3 0.9 1,475 3.6 19,112 4.5
Divorced 23 6.5 1,318 3.2 28,796 6.7
Widowed 23 6.5 2,041 5.0 13,794 3.2
Never married 82 23.3 19,989 49.0 261,980 61.1

In Minyerri, 62.8% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were married and 7.4% were either divorced or separated.

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Social marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Minyerri % Minyerri Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Registered marriage 174 50.7 10,596 31.5 86,716 23.1
De facto marriage 3 0.9 4,254 12.7 60,051 16.0
Not married 166 48.4 18,769 55.8 228,281 60.9

In Minyerri, 50.7% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were in a registered marriage and 0.9% were in a de facto marriage.

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Education attendance Minyerri % Minyerri Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Pre-school 14 6.7 1,339 6.0 16,698 6.4
Primary 104 50.0 7,755 34.5 97,859 37.5
Secondary 56 26.9 4,746 21.1 65,208 25.0
Technical or further education institution 0 0.0 470 2.1 14,227 5.5
University or tertiary institution 0 0.0 501 2.2 15,489 5.9
Other 3 1.4 285 1.3 5,047 1.9
Not stated 31 14.9 7,379 32.8 46,428 17.8

Of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Minyerri, 35.7% were attending an educational institution. Of these, 50.0% were attending a primary school, 26.9% were attending a secondary school and 0.0% were attending a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment
People aged 15 years and over
Minyerri % Minyerri Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 5 1.4 959 2.4 24,911 5.8
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 0 0.0 958 2.3 23,795 5.5
Certificate level IV 0 0.0 736 1.8 14,308 3.3
Certificate level III 17 4.7 2,485 6.1 56,625 13.2
Year 12 21 5.8 4,164 10.2 59,949 14.0
Year 11 39 10.7 3,808 9.3 34,674 8.1
Year 10 86 23.6 6,545 16.1 77,265 18.0
Certificate level II 0 0.0 144 0.4 1,215 0.3
Certificate level I 0 0.0 92 0.2 241 0.1
Year 9 or below 66 18.1 9,036 22.2 64,604 15.1
No educational attainment 9 2.5 1,282 3.1 4,256 1.0
Not stated 107 29.4 9,692 23.8 56,698 13.2

Of people aged 15 and over in Minyerri, 5.8% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 4.7% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 0.0% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

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Cultural & language diversity

Australian Indigenous language, top responses Minyerri % Minyerri Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Kriol 491 83.6 4,365 7.5 7,108 1.1
 null  null  null  null  null  null  null
English only spoken at home 11 1.9 17,680 30.4 544,491 83.9

English was the only language spoken at home by 1.9% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Minyerri. The only other response for language at home was Kriol 83.6%.

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Ancestry, top responses Minyerri % Minyerri Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Australian Aboriginal 566 97.4 37,479 57.1 140,480 15.8
Australian 9 1.5 14,038 21.4 399,843 45.0
English 3 0.5 3,760 5.7 152,758 17.2

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 Minyerri (including those who did not state an ancestry).

The only responses for ancestry for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Minyerri were Australian Aboriginal 97.4%, Australian 1.5% and English 0.5%.

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Employment

Employment
People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over
Minyerri % Minyerri Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Worked full-time 21 22.8 6,870 45.2 106,960 48.0
Worked part-time 18 19.6 3,130 20.6 61,049 27.4
Away from work 24 26.1 1,142 7.5 14,143 6.4
Unemployed 29 31.5 4,064 26.7 40,486 18.2
Not in the labour force 250 70.6 21,861 53.6 190,132 44.3

There were 92 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Minyerri. Of these 22.8% were employed full time, 19.6% were employed part-time and 31.5% 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.

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Occupation, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Minyerri % Minyerri Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Community and Personal Service Workers 18 27.7 2,356 21.2 30,991 17.0
Not stated 17 26.2 419 3.8 2,729 1.5
Labourers 11 16.9 1,546 13.9 27,814 15.3
Professionals 6 9.2 1,953 17.5 24,339 13.4
Sales Workers 4 6.2 622 5.6 15,791 8.7
Technicians and Trades Workers 3 4.6 1,056 9.5 24,399 13.4
Clerical and Administrative Workers 3 4.6 1,546 13.9 23,174 12.7
Inadequately described 3 4.6 311 2.8 3,291 1.8

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Minyerri, the most common occupations were Community and Personal Service Workers 27.7%, Not stated 26.2%, Labourers 16.9%, Professionals 9.2%, Sales Workers 6.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.6% and Inadequately described 4.6%.

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Industry of employment, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Minyerri % Minyerri Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Combined Primary and Secondary Education 11 15.5 393 3.5 2,639 1.4
Local Government Administration 9 12.7 881 7.9 5,511 3.0
Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4 5.6 413 3.7 5,555 3.1
Other Allied Health Services 4 5.6 227 2.0 1,218 0.7
Other Social Assistance Services 4 5.6 285 2.6 5,302 2.9

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Minyerri, the most common industries of employment were Combined Primary and Secondary Education 15.5%, Local Government Administration 12.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.6%, Other Allied Health Services 5.6% and Other Social Assistance Services 5.6%.

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Median weekly incomes
People aged 15 years and over
Minyerri % Minyerri Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Personal 261 -- 281 -- 441 --
Household 1,511 -- 1,225 -- 1,203 --

The median weekly personal income for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Minyerri was $261 and the median weekly household income was $1,511.

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Unpaid work
People aged 15 years and over
Minyerri % Minyerri Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (last week) 169 47.7 25,146 61.7 263,334 61.4
Cared for child/children (last two weeks) 214 59.3 17,078 41.9 136,079 31.7
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks) 73 20.2 6,038 14.8 58,541 13.7
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 54 15.0 4,298 10.5 63,303 14.8

In Minyerri, of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 47.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 59.3% provided care for children and 20.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.0% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

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Dwellings

dwelling characteristics | dwelling structure

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

Dwelling characteristics
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Minyerri % Minyerri Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Average number of people per household 6.6 -- 4 -- 3.2 --
Average number of persons per bedroom 2.5 -- 1.5 -- 1 --
Average number of registered motor vehicles per dwelling 0.4 -- 1.2 -- 1.7 --

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 Minyerri, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6.6 persons, with 2.5 persons per bedroom and 0.4 registered motor vehicles per dwelling.

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Housing costs
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Minyerri % Minyerri Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent 100 -- 97 -- 250 --
Median monthly mortgage repayments 0 -- 2,167 -- 1,660 --

In Minyerri, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.

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Family household composition
Counts the types of families within family households at the dwelling level
Minyerri % Minyerri Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
One family household: Couple family with no children 10 16.1 1,718 13.5 42,536 16.2
One family household: Couple family with children 15 24.2 3,854 30.2 80,803 30.7
One family household: One parent family 0 0.0 2,399 18.8 67,528 25.7
One family household: Other family 0 0.0 371 2.9 5,547 2.1
Multiple family household: Couple family with no children 4 6.5 390 3.1 2,223 0.8
Multiple family household: Couple family with children 18 29.0 1,086 8.5 4,951 1.9
Multiple family household: One parent family 15 24.2 826 6.5 5,768 2.2
Multiple family household: Other family 0 0.0 153 1.2 471 0.2
Other household 0 0.0 1,962 15.4 53,195 20.2

In Minyerri, of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households, 22.6% were a couple family with no children, 53.2% were a couple family with children and 24.2% 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.

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Dwelling structure

Dwelling structure
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Minyerri % Minyerri Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Separate house 47 83.9 10,018 79.2 211,205 80.7
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc 5 8.9 1,307 10.3 27,017 10.3
Flat or apartment 0 0.0 1,047 8.3 20,580 7.9
Other dwelling 4 7.1 280 2.2 2,897 1.1

In Minyerri there were 61 private dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Where a dwelling type was stated, 83.9% were separate houses, 8.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats or apartments and 7.1% were other dwellings.

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Tenure
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Minyerri % Minyerri Northern Territory % Northern Territory Australia % Australia
Owned outright 0 0.0 727 5.7 32,045 12.2
Owned with a mortgage 0 0.0 2,025 15.9 68,085 25.9
Rented 49 89.1 9,194 72.1 150,832 57.3
Other tenure type 3 5.5 178 1.4 1,888 0.7
Tenure type not stated 3 5.5 630 4.9 10,182 3.9

In Minyerri, of dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 89.1% were rented.

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Data reported for Australia and Other Territories now includes Norfolk Island, following an amendment to the Acts Interpretation Act, 1901. Because Norfolk Island has not previously been included in the Census, any 2011 benchmarks will not include Norfolk Island.