396
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
Yeppoon · 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 growing First Nations population has become a key feature of Yeppoon, where 396 people now identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. This community is strikingly young, with a typical age of just 19 years.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Yeppoon — higher than 86% of areas.
| Yeppoon | 396 |
|---|---|
| Queensland | 237,303 |
How many people identify as First Nations, and the typical age.
The typical age of First Nations residents is 19, which is noticeably younger than the Queensland figure of 23 and the national figure of 24.
396
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
19 yrs
Younger than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Median age of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people — half are older, half younger.
School completion among First Nations people.
About 41.5% of First Nations residents have finished Year 12, a result that is well above the Australian figure of 37.0% but a little below Queensland's 43.6%.
41.5%
Higher than 54% 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 9.6%, which is well below the Queensland rate of 13.3% and a little below the Australian figure of 12.3%.
9.6%
Lower than 54% 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 weekly household income is $1,437, which is about the same as the state and national figures. However, typical personal income is $467, which is a little below the national figure of $540.
$467
Lower than 73% 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.
First Nations languages are spoken by 10.4% of this community, a rate that is much higher than most similar areas.
10.4%
Higher than 77% 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 Yeppoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33219/yeppoon/topic/first-nations