5
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
Potts Hill · 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.
Daily life in Potts Hill involves a very small First Nations community that is notably older than the national average. With only 5 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living here, the population is tiny but follows a distinct age pattern.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Potts Hill — lower than 51% of areas.
| Potts Hill | 5 |
|---|---|
| New South Wales | 278,043 |
How many people identify as First Nations, and the typical age.
The typical First Nations resident is 35, which is far older than the national figure of 24. This group is larger than about 52% of similar areas, though the total count remains very low at 5 people.
5
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
35 yrs
Older than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Median age of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people — half are older, half younger.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). First Nations in Potts Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13267/potts-hill/topic/first-nations