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Cloncurry Shire Demographic Profile
Cloncurry Shire recorded an average annual population decline of 2.6% between 2001 and 2006. At the same time the proportion of females increased significantly from 39.6% to account for 45.8% of the population in 2006.
The average age of Cloncurry Shire residents increased to 31.8 years old in 2006, up from 30.5 years old in 2001. Interestingly, the proportion of persons aged younger than 15 years old also increased over the same period from 23.8% to 25.4%.
Since 2001 the proportion of persons born in Australia has increased by 8.1 percentage points to account for 84.2% of shire residents, reversing the LGAs trend experienced over the five years previous to 2001. At the same time the proportion of persons who speak English only rose from 79.8% in 2001 to 88.9% in 2006.
The proportion of persons aged 15 years and over who are married fell by 1.5 percentage points between 2001 and 2006, to account for 41.0% of persons aged 15 years or older in 2006. Concurrently the proportion of persons nominating Christianity as their religious denomination increased from 66.4% to 71.9%.
The average individual weekly income in Cloncurry Shire grew annually by 8.6% from 2001 to 2006 representing the highest growth for any LGA in the MITEZ region. Incomes in the LGA remain well above state averages reflecting the higher wages associated with mining and related industries.
The Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing sector continued to remain the regions largest sector by employment in 2006, accounting for 16.9% of workers. The next largest sectors by employment were Mining (13.0%), followed by Transport and Storage (12.9%), Retail Trade (9.4%) and then Government Administration and Defence (8.8%). Of note, the Government Administration and Defence sector experienced the highest growth between 2001 and 2006, with the proportion of persons employed increasing by 4.5 percentage points.
Unemployment in the Cloncurry Shire was 6.3% in 2006, up from 4.0% in 2001. The proportion of persons aged 15 years or older who completed schooling to year 12 or equivalent rose by 7.6 percentage points in the five years since 2001 to reach 32.6% in 2006.
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Cloncurry
Shire Demographic Profile
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Indicator
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2001
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2006
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change
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Population
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3,827
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3,362
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-12.2%
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Gender
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Males
(%)
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60.4%
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54.2%
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-6.2%
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Females
(%)
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39.6%
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45.8%
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6.2%
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Age
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Average
age (years)
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30.5
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31.8
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1.3
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Aged
>15 years (%)
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23.8%
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25.4%
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1.6%
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Aged
>65 years (%)
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94.3%
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93.4%
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-0.9%
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Ethnicity
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Born
in Australia (%)
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76.1%
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84.2%
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8.1%
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Language
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Speak
English only (%)
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79.8%
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88.9%
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9.1%
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Speak
other language (%)
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2.5%
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2.5%
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0.0%
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Marital
Status
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Married
(%)
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42.5%
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41.0%
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-1.5%
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Never
married (%)
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41.7%
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42.3%
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0.6%
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Religious
Denomination
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Christians
(%)
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66.4%
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71.9%
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5.5%
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Weekly
Income
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Avg
weekly income ($)
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462
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696
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50.8%
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Income
greater than $300
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45.5%
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58.5%
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12.9%
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Computer
/ Internet Usage
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Use
the Internet (%)
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17.7%
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44.1%
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26.4%
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Qualifications
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Qualification
(%)
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24.9%
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32.6%
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7.6%
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Labour
Market
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Unemployment
rate (%)
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4.0%
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6.3%
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2.3%
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Industry
employment
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Agriculture
(%)
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17.3%
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16.9%
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-0.4%
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Mining
(%)
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12.9%
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13.0%
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0.2%
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Trans
& storage (%)
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12.9%
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12.9%
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0.1%
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Retail
trade (%)
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9.4%
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9.4%
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0.1%
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Govt
admin & def (%)
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4.4%
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8.8%
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4.5%
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