63
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
Gundagai · Suburb / Locality
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.
A significant gap in school completion marks the First Nations experience in Gundagai, where Year 12 rates are well below the state and national figures. There are 63 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living here, and the typical person in this group is 27, making them noticeably older than the state average.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Gundagai — higher than 80% of areas.
| Gundagai | 63 |
|---|---|
| New South Wales | 278,043 |
How many people identify as First Nations, and the typical age.
The First Nations population of 63 is larger than about 82% of similar areas. Those in this group have a typical age of 27, which is older than the national figure of 24.
63
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
27 yrs
Older than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Median age of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people — half are older, half younger.
School completion among First Nations people.
School completion is a challenge here, with only 27.8% of First Nations residents finishing Year 12. This is well below the New South Wales rate of 35.0% and the Australian figure of 37.0%.
27.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Engagement with the labour force.
About 11.5% of First Nations people are unemployed, which is around the middle for similar areas. This is a little above the New South Wales rate of 9.8%.
11.5%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as a share of the First Nations labour force (aged 15+).
Personal and household incomes.
Typical weekly household income for First Nations residents is $1,458, which is about the same as the state and national figures. The usual personal weekly income of $575 is also around the middle for similar areas.
$575
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15+.
$1,458
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total weekly income for households with one or more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members.
Use of an Australian Indigenous language at home.
No one in this group speaks a First Nations language. This is far below the national figure of 12.3% and well below the New South Wales rate of 4.0%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who use an Australian Indigenous language at home.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). First Nations in Gundagai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11809/gundagai/topic/first-nations