1,495
Lower than 55% of capital city areas.
The number of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
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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, year 12 is among the lowest in the country and median income is among the lowest in the country.
1,495
- 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 55% of areas.
Population & age
How many people identify as First Nations, and the typical age.
1,495 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 40 yrs, well above average (above the national 24 yrs).
40 yrs
Older than 86% 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.
5.6% of First Nations people in No usual address finished Year 12 — among the lowest in the country (below the national 37.0%).
5.6%
Lower than 99% 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.
38.6% of First Nations people in No usual address’s labour force are unemployed — well above average (above the national 12.3%).
38.6%
Higher than 79% 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 $298 a week — among the lowest in the country (below the national $540).
$298
Lower than 99% 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.
2.9% of First Nations people in No usual address speak an Australian Indigenous language at home — well below average (below the national 12.3%).
2.9%
Lower than 87% 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/59499/no-usual-address/topic/first-nations