3
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
Cuckoo · 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 age of just 12 years for First Nations people marks Cuckoo as having a far younger population than the state and national figures. Only three Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people live here, which is a smaller count than about 55% of similar areas.
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Cuckoo — lower than 57% of areas.
| Cuckoo | 3 |
|---|---|
| Tasmania | 30,186 |
How many people identify as First Nations, and the typical age.
The First Nations population is very young, with a typical age of 12 years. This is far younger than the typical age of 25 in Tasmania and 24 across Australia.
3
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
The number of people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
12 yrs
Younger than 93% 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 Cuckoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60140/cuckoo/topic/first-nations