26
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
Eagle Point · 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.
More First Nations people live in Eagle Point than in about 73% of similar areas. While the population is small, the typical First Nations resident here is 35, which is far older than the national figure of 24.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Eagle Point — higher than 72% of areas.
| Eagle Point | 26 |
|---|---|
| Victoria | 65,646 |
How many people identify as First Nations, and the typical age.
There are 26 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the area. Their typical age is 35, making this group far older than those in Victoria and across Australia.
26
Higher than 72% 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.
Personal and household incomes.
Typical weekly household income for First Nations people is $1,375, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia. Personal income is much lower than most areas, at just $417 per week.
$417
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15+.
$1,375
Lower than 65% 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 well below the 5.2% seen in Victoria and far below the Australian average of 12.3%.
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 Eagle Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20822/eagle-point/topic/first-nations