Aurukun

23.8% of Aurukun's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

262 family households lived in Aurukun; 35.1% were couple families and 34.7% were one-parent families.

52.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Aurukun had 1,101 residents at the 2021 Census.

30.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

14.0% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 93.9% of occupied private dwellings in Aurukun.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.2% of occupied private dwellings.

0.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

0.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

100.0% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Aurukun had 3.9 people.

One-person households made up 16.5% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 16.1%, while 45.3% had four or more usual residents.

0.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

11.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 66.4% walked or cycled.

64.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 30.0% of the total.

9.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.3% reported a different address.

1.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

9.3% of residents used only English at home.

83.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

1.5% of Aurukun's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 98.5% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 1.5% of ancestry responses in Aurukun.

Australian ancestry made up 2.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

18.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Managers accounted for 17.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.2% of workers, and education and training employed 19.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 21.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

8.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 8.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 16.5%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

69.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

1.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

1.2% reported asthma, 0.4% arthritis and 3.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 8.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 20.3%.

Median household income was $1,069 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $0.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $125 per week.

Working from home was 0.0% in Aurukun, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 0.0% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 100.0% in Aurukun, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.