9
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
Korong Vale · 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 Korong Vale than in about 60% of similar areas. This group is notably young, with a typical age of just 17 years old.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Korong Vale — higher than 58% of areas.
| Korong Vale | 9 |
|---|---|
| Victoria | 65,646 |
How many people identify as First Nations, and the typical age.
The typical age of First Nations residents is 17, which is noticeably younger than the typical age of 24 seen across both Victoria and Australia.
9
Higher than 58% 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 household income for First Nations families is $1,062, a figure that is well below the state and national totals and much lower than in most other similar areas.
$1,062
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total weekly income for households with one or more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). First Nations in Korong Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21397/korong-vale/topic/first-nations