724
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
The number of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
Derwent Valley · Council (LGA)
First Nations in Derwent Valley
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.
Stronger job challenges mark the daily experience for First Nations people in Derwent Valley, where unemployment is well above the state figure. There are 724 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living here, and the typical resident in this group is 25 years old.
724
- 1–1: 9 areas
- 1–2: 0 areas
- 2–3: 0 areas
- 3–4: 3 areas
- 4–6: 0 areas
- 6–9: 1 area
- 9–12: 12 areas
- 12–18: 5 areas
- 18–25: 11 areas
- 25–36: 20 areas
- 36–52: 16 areas
- 52–74: 13 areas
- 74–106: 29 areas
- 106–151: 26 areas
- 151–217: 32 areas
- 217–310: 44 areas
- 310–444: 37 areas
- 444–636: 42 areas
- 636–910: 51 areas
- 910–1,302: 49 areas
- 1,302–1,864: 32 areas
- 1,864–2,668: 55 areas
- 2,668–3,819: 26 areas
- 3,819–5,466: 24 areas
- 5,466–7,823: 11 areas
- 7,823–11,198: 7 areas
- 11,198–16,027: 5 areas
- 16,027–22,940: 5 areas
All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Derwent Valley — higher than 57% of areas.
| Derwent Valley | 724 |
|---|---|
| Rest of Tas. | 18,821 |
| Tasmania | 30,186 |
Population & age
How many people identify as First Nations, and the typical age.
With a typical age of 25, First Nations residents in Derwent Valley are about the same age as those across Tasmania and a little older than the national figure.
25 yrs
Older than 50% of council (lga) areas.
Median age of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people — half are older, half younger.
Education
School completion among First Nations people.
Year 12 completion sits at 31.1%, which is around the middle for similar areas but well below the Australian average of 37.0%.
31.1%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) 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.
Finding work is harder here than in most areas, with an unemployment rate of 14.0% that is well above the Tasmanian figure of 10.1%.
14.0%
Higher than 66% of council (lga) areas.
Unemployed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as a share of the First Nations labour force (aged 15+).
Income
Personal and household incomes.
Typical weekly household income is $1,389 and personal income is $533, both of which are about the same as the figures for Tasmania and Australia.
$533
Lower than 56% of council (lga) areas.
Median total personal income per week for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15+.
$1,389
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
Median total weekly income for households with one or more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members.
Language & culture
Use of an Australian Indigenous language at home.
Very few people here speak a First Nations language, at 1.4%, which is much lower than most areas and far below the national rate of 12.3%.
1.4%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) 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 Derwent Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA61510/derwent-valley/topic/first-nations