People — demographics & education

People	Wreck Bay	%	Other Territories	%	Australia	%
Aboriginal	183	98.4	237	96.3	495,757	90.4
Torres Strait Islander	3	1.6	3	1.2	31,407	5.7
Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	0	0.0	6	2.4	21,206	3.9
Total	186	--	246	--	548,370	--
Male	90	48.4	121	49.2	270,331	49.3
Female	96	51.6	125	50.8	278,037	50.7

For the 2011 Census in Wreck Bay (Indigenous Locations), there were 186 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 90 (or 48.4%) were male and 96 (or 51.6%) were female.

Age	Wreck Bay	%	Other Territories	%	Australia	%
0-4 years	21	11.3	26	10.6	67,415	12.3
5-14 years	40	21.5	57	23.3	129,670	23.6
15-24 years	24	12.9	33	13.5	105,652	19.3
25-54 years	74	39.8	94	38.4	192,627	35.1
55-64 years	17	9.1	19	7.8	32,232	5.9
65 years and over	10	5.4	16	6.5	20,772	3.8
Median age	30	--	30	--	21	--

In Wreck Bay (Indigenous Locations) the median age of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people was 30 years. Of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 33.0% were children aged 0 to 14 years and 5.4% were people aged 65 years and over.

Registered marital status	Wreck Bay	%	Other Territories	%	Australia	%
People aged 15 years and over
Married	17	13.7	29	17.7	85,741	24.4
Separated	4	3.2	6	3.7	14,925	4.2
Divorced	0	0.0	8	4.9	23,126	6.6
Widowed	13	10.5	11	6.7	12,142	3.5
Never married	90	72.6	110	67.1	215,347	61.3

In Wreck Bay (Indigenous Locations) 13.7% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were married and 4.0% were either divorced or separated.

Marital Status Charts

Median age by registered marital status	Wreck Bay	%	Other Territories	%	Australia	%
People aged 15 years and over
Married	49	--	54	--	44	--
Separated	60	--	52	--	46	--
Divorced	0	--	40	--	51	--
Widowed	66	--	66	--	65	--
Never married	32	--	32	--	26	--

In Wreck Bay (Indigenous Locations) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people the median age of married people was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

Social marital status	Wreck Bay	%	Other Territories	%	Australia	%
People aged 15 years and over
Registered marriage	20	17.4	33	21.7	71,575	23.3
De facto marriage	5	4.3	9	5.9	48,600	15.8
Not married	90	78.3	110	72.4	187,097	60.9

In Wreck Bay (Indigenous Locations) 17.4% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were in a registered marriage and 4.3% were in a de facto marriage.

Median age by social marital status	Wreck Bay	%	Other Territories	%	Australia	%
People aged 15 years and over
Registered marriage	52	--	52	--	45	--
De facto marriage	30	--	30	--	34	--
Not married	37	--	38	--	28	--

In Wreck Bay (Indigenous Locations) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people the median age in a registered marriage was 52 years and in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

Education	Wreck Bay	%	Other Territories	%	Australia	%
Pre-school	3	4.6	0	0.0	13,977	6.2
Primary	33	50.8	42	47.7	81,554	36.4
Secondary	17	26.2	25	28.4	50,986	22.8
Technical or further education institution	4	6.2	7	8.0	13,211	5.9
University or tertiary institution	0	0.0	0	0.0	10,125	4.5
Other	0	0.0	3	3.4	3,662	1.6
Not stated	8	12.3	11	12.5	50,410	22.5
Total	65	--	88	--	223,925	--

Of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Wreck Bay (Indigenous Locations), 36.4% were attending an educational institution. Of these, 50.8% were attending a primary school, 26.2% were attending a secondary school and 6.1% were attending a tertiary or technical institution.

Education Charts

People — language diversity

Australian Indigenous Language, top responses	Wreck Bay	%	Other Territories	%	Australia	%

People — employment

Employment	Wreck Bay	%	Other Territories	%	Australia	%
People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over
Worked full-time	17	36.2	24	35.3	86,714	48.7
Worked part-time	8	17.0	17	25.0	47,035	26.4
Away from work	0	0.0	6	8.8	13,959	7.8
Unemployed	22	46.8	21	30.9	30,462	17.1
Total in labour force	47	--	68	--	178,170	--
View the labour force fact sheet

There were 47 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wreck Bay (Indigenous Locations). Of these 36.2% were employed full time, 17.0% were employed part-time and 46.8% were unemployed.

Median age by employment status	Wreck Bay	%	Other Territories	%	Australia	%
Labour force, people aged 15 years and over
Employed full-time	47	--	43	--	37	--
Employed part-time	29	--	40	--	34	--

The median age of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Wreck Bay (Indigenous Locations) who were employed full time was 47 years and those employed part time was 29 years.

Median weekly incomes	Wreck Bay	%	Other Territories	%	Australia	%
People aged 15 years and over
Personal	285	--	297	--	362	--
Household	833	--	939	--	991	--
View the income fact sheet

The median weekly personal income for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Wreck Bay (Indigenous Locations) was $285 and the median weekly household income was $833.

Dwellings — dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

Dwelling characteristics	Wreck Bay	%	Other Territories	%	Australia	%
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Average number of people per household	3.6	--	3.1	--	3.3	--
Average number of people per bedroom	1.2	--	1.1	--	1.2	--
Average number of registered motor vehicles per dwelling	1.7	--	1.4	--	1.5	--
Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Wreck Bay (Indigenous Locations), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom and 1.7 registered motor vehicles per dwelling.

Housing costs	Wreck Bay	%	Other Territories	%	Australia	%
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Median weekly rent	25	--	44	--	195	--
Median monthly mortgage repayments	0	--	1,300	--	1,647	--

In Wreck Bay (Indigenous Locations), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $25 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.

Dwellings — dwelling structure

Dwelling structure	Wreck Bay	%	Other Territories	%	Australia	%
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Separate house	48	100.0	66	90.4	168,749	80.7
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc	0	0.0	0	0.0	16,437	7.9
Flat, unit or apartment	0	0.0	4	5.5	20,640	9.9
Other dwelling	0	0.0	0	0.0	2,949	1.4
Total	48	--	73	--	209,047	--

In Wreck Bay (Indigenous Locations) there were 48 private dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, unit or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

Dwelling Structure Charts

Tenure	Wreck Bay	%	Other Territories	%	Australia	%
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Owned outright	0	0.0	0	0.0	23,333	11.2
Owned with a mortgage	0	0.0	0	0.0	51,761	24.8
Rented	46	93.9	71	100.0	124,099	59.4
Other tenure type	3	6.1	0	0.0	1,516	0.7
Tenure type not stated	0	0.0	0	0.0	8,338	4.0

In Wreck Bay (Indigenous Locations), of dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, 0.0% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 93.9% were rented.