137
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
Hill Top · 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 growing First Nations presence marks Hill Top, where 137 people now identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. This is a larger number than in about 90% of similar areas, with a population that is notably young.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Hill Top — higher than 86% of areas.
| Hill Top | 137 |
|---|---|
| New South Wales | 278,043 |
How many people identify as First Nations, and the typical age.
The typical First Nations resident is 22 years old, which is a little younger than the New South Wales figure of 23 and the Australian figure of 24.
137
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
22 yrs
Younger than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Median age of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people — half are older, half younger.
School completion among First Nations people.
About 36% of First Nations people here finished Year 12, a figure that is lower than most areas and a little below the national rate of 37%.
36.0%
Lower than 60% 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.
The unemployment rate for First Nations people is 8.2%, which is lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 12.3%.
8.2%
Lower than 61% 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 $2,250, which is well above the New South Wales figure of $1,558. This is mirrored in personal income, where the typical $734 is well above the national figure of $540.
$734
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15+.
$2,250
Higher than 71% 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.
Around 4.4% of First Nations people speak a traditional language, which is about the same as the New South Wales rate of 4% but well below the national figure of 12.3%.
4.4%
Higher than 52% 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 Hill Top [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11912/hill-top/topic/first-nations