1,236
Lower than 56% of capital city areas.
The number of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
No usual address · Capital City
First Nations in No usual address
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities — how many people identify as First Nations, and how they fare on age, schooling, work, income and language. From the ABS 2021 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Profile; the ABS notes these counts are an undercount.
In No usual address, indigenous language is well below average and year 12 is well below average.
1,236
- 1–2: 7 areas
- 2–2: 0 areas
- 2–4: 0 areas
- 4–6: 1 area
- 6–9: 0 areas
- 9–13: 2 areas
- 13–21: 0 areas
- 21–32: 0 areas
- 32–49: 1 area
- 49–76: 0 areas
- 76–118: 0 areas
- 118–181: 1 area
- 181–280: 1 area
- 280–431: 1 area
- 431–665: 1 area
- 665–1,026: 0 areas
- 1,026–1,582: 4 areas
- 1,582–2,440: 0 areas
- 2,440–3,763: 0 areas
- 3,763–5,804: 0 areas
- 5,804–8,952: 1 area
- 8,952–13,807: 1 area
- 13,807–21,295: 3 areas
- 21,295–32,845: 2 areas
- 32,845–50,659: 4 areas
- 50,659–78,135: 1 area
- 78,135–120,512: 1 area
- 120,512–185,873: 2 areas
All capital city areas, 2021. The marker is No usual address — lower than 56% of areas.
Population & age
How many people identify as First Nations, and the typical age.
1,236 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people live in No usual address — around the middle of the range. First Nations residents of No usual address have a median age of 30 yrs, above average (above the national 24 yrs).
30 yrs
Older than 64% of capital city areas.
Median age of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people — half are older, half younger.
Education
School completion among First Nations people.
12.4% of First Nations people in No usual address finished Year 12 — well below average (below the national 37.0%).
12.4%
Lower than 86% of capital city areas.
Share of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Work
Engagement with the labour force.
36.2% of First Nations people in No usual address’s labour force are unemployed — above average (above the national 12.3%).
36.2%
Higher than 73% of capital city areas.
Unemployed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as a share of the First Nations labour force (aged 15+).
Income
Personal and household incomes.
First Nations people in No usual address earn a median $390 a week — below average (below the national $540).
$390
Lower than 71% of capital city areas.
Median total personal income per week for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15+.
Language & culture
Use of an Australian Indigenous language at home.
2.5% of First Nations people in No usual address speak an Australian Indigenous language at home — well below average (below the national 12.3%).
2.5%
Lower than 91% of capital city areas.
Share of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who use an Australian Indigenous language at home.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). First Nations in No usual address [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/19499/no-usual-address/topic/first-nations