396
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
Tahmoor · 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 large First Nations community of 396 people lives in Tahmoor, where the typical resident is only 20. This makes the population noticeably younger than both the state and national figures.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Tahmoor — higher than 86% of areas.
| Tahmoor | 396 |
|---|---|
| New South Wales | 278,043 |
How many people identify as First Nations, and the typical age.
With a typical age of 20, First Nations residents in Tahmoor are noticeably younger than those in the rest of New South Wales and Australia.
396
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
20 yrs
Younger than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Median age of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people — half are older, half younger.
School completion among First Nations people.
Year 12 completion sits at 32%, which is well below the state figure of 35% and the national average of 37%.
32.0%
Lower than 70% 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 3.3%, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national rate of 12.3%.
3.3%
Lower than 77% 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 household income is $1,875, a little above the New South Wales figure. Personal income is also higher than most areas, sitting at $735.
$735
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15+.
$1,875
Higher than 57% 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.
Only 1% of First Nations people here speak a traditional language, which is far below the Australian average of 12.3%.
1.0%
Lower than 67% 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 Tahmoor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13742/tahmoor/topic/first-nations