0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
Balbarrup · 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.
Fewer than 60% of similar areas have as few as zero Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as Balbarrup does. This sparsely populated area shows a very young and relatively high-earning First Nations population among the few residents recorded.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Balbarrup — lower than 99% of areas.
| Balbarrup | 0 |
|---|---|
| Western Australia | 88,693 |
How many people identify as First Nations, and the typical age.
The typical First Nations resident here is only 18, which is noticeably younger than the figure for both Western Australia and Australia, where the typical age is 24.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
18 yrs
Younger than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Median age of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people — half are older, half younger.
Personal and household incomes.
Typical personal income for First Nations people is $1,125, a figure far above the national and state figures of $540 and $481.
$1,125
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Median total personal income per week for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15+.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). First Nations in Balbarrup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50052/balbarrup/topic/first-nations