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Mount Isa City Demographic Profile
Mount Isa recorded a negative average annual population growth of 0.1% between 2001 and 2006. At the same time the proportion of males in Mount Isa fell from 53.1% to 52.6%.
The average age of Mount Isa residents increased by 0.6 years between 2001 and 2006 to 30.9 years. Both the proportion of persons aged under 15 and persons aged under 65 fell, consistent with state trends.
Between 2001 and 2006 the proportion of persons born in Australia fell 5.3% along with the proportion of persons who spoke English only (6.3%). The proportion of persons nominating Christianity as their religious denomination fell significantly by 8.3 percentage points to 61.5% in 2006.
The average gross individual weekly income in the Mount Isa City Shire increased significantly from $580 in 2001 to $725 in 2006, $152 greater than the state average. The higher than average incomes earned can be attributed to the higher wages paid in the mining industry.
Employment in the Mining sector grew by 5.6% to employ 26.6% of the labour force in 2006, up from 21.4% in 2001. The next largest sectors by employment were Retail Trade (11.8%), followed by Health and Community Services (8.8%), Education (8.1%) and then Manufacturing (6.5%). Both the Health and Community Services and Education sectors employed a greater share of the labour force compared to 2001, while the Retail Trade and Manufacturing sectors decreased in employment share over the same period.
Mount Isa City recorded an unemployment rate of 6.0% in 2006, down from 6.6% in 2001, and 33.9%. The proportion of people aged 15 years or greater that had completed schooling to year 12 or equivalent increased by 2.4 percentage points from 2001 to total 33.9% in 2006.
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Mount
Isa City 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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21,149
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21,082
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-0.3%
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Gender
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Males
(%)
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53.1%
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52.6%
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-0.5%
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Females
(%)
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46.9%
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47.4%
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0.5%
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Age
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Average
age (years)
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30.2
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30.9
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0.6
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Aged
>15 years (%)
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27.1%
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26.4%
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-0.7%
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Aged
>65 years (%)
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94.7%
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94.3%
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-0.3%
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Ethnicity
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Born
in Australia (%)
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79.7%
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74.3%
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-5.3%
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Language
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Speak
English only (%)
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88.5%
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82.2%
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-6.3%
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Speak
other language (%)
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4.4%
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4.9%
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0.5%
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Marital
Status
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Married
(%)
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47.0%
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43.9%
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-3.1%
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Never
married (%)
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38.4%
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39.0%
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0.6%
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Religious
Denomination
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Christians
(%)
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69.8%
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61.5%
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-8.3%
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Weekly
Income
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Avg
weekly income ($)
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580
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725
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25.0%
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Income
greater than $300
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53.3%
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56.4%
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3.1%
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Computer
/ Internet Usage
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Use
the Internet (%)
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29.0%
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54.3%
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25.2%
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Qualifications
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Qualification
(%)
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31.5%
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33.9%
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2.4%
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Labour
Market
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Unemployment
rate (%)
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6.6%
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6.0%
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-0.6%
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Industry
employment
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Mining
(%)
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21.4%
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26.6%
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5.3%
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Retail
trade (%)
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12.9%
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11.8%
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-1.1%
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Hlth
& comm serv (%)
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7.8%
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8.8%
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1.0%
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Education
(%)
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7.3%
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8.1%
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0.8%
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Manufacturing
(%)
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7.5%
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6.5%
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-1.0%
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