4
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
Howqua · 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 typical First Nations resident in Howqua is far younger than the national figure, with a typical age of just 14. This creates a striking gap compared to the same group across Victoria and Australia, where the typical age is 24.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Howqua — lower than 54% of areas.
| Howqua | 4 |
|---|---|
| Victoria | 65,646 |
How many people identify as First Nations, and the typical age.
There are 4 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living here. This group is much younger than most similar areas, and is 10 years younger than the typical First Nations person in Victoria or Australia.
4
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
14 yrs
Younger than 90% 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 Howqua [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21211/howqua/topic/first-nations