32
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
Barnawartha · 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 noticeably young First Nations population lives in Barnawartha, where the typical age is just 17. There are 32 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the area, which is a larger group than in about 75% of similar places.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Barnawartha — higher than 73% of areas.
| Barnawartha | 32 |
|---|---|
| Victoria | 65,646 |
How many people identify as First Nations, and the typical age.
The typical First Nations resident is 17 years old, making the group noticeably younger than the typical 24-year-old in Victoria and across Australia.
32
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
17 yrs
Younger than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Median age of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people — half are older, half younger.
Personal and household incomes.
Typical weekly personal income for First Nations people is $450, which is well below the Victorian figure of $619. Household incomes sit at $1,437, a little below the state average.
$450
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15+.
$1,437
Lower than 61% 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 the First Nations community here speaks a traditional language, a figure that is well below the 5.2% seen across Victoria.
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 Barnawartha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20146/barnawartha/topic/first-nations