2016 Census: Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples QuickStats

People — demographics & education

People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

People	Victoria	%	2011	%	Australia	%
Aboriginal	44,590	93.3	34,949	92.0	590,062	90.9
Torres Strait Islander	2,022	4.2	2,165	5.7	32,344	5.0
Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	1,175	2.5	884	2.3	26,767	4.1

For the 2016 Census in Victoria, there were 47,787 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female.

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Age	Victoria	%	2011	%	Australia	%
Median age	23	--	22	--	23	--
0-4 years	5,476	11.5	4,692	12.3	73,265	11.3
5-14 years	10,414	21.8	8,697	22.9	147,134	22.7
15-24 years	9,073	19.0	7,397	19.5	123,719	19.1
25-34 years	6,539	13.7	4,797	12.6	88,861	13.7
35-44 years	5,239	11.0	4,688	12.3	72,394	11.2
45-54 years	5,067	10.6	3,703	9.7	67,415	10.4
55-64 years	3,472	7.3	2,400	6.3	45,433	7.0
65 years and over	2,518	5.3	1,630	4.3	30,952	4.8

In Victoria, the median age of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people was 23 years. Of the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 33.2% were children aged 0 to 14 years and 5.3% were people aged 65 years and over.

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Registered marital status People aged 15 years and over	Victoria	%	2011	%	Australia	%
Married	7,613	23.9	5,630	22.9	105,086	24.5
Separated	1,556	4.9	1,130	4.6	19,112	4.5
Divorced	2,642	8.3	2,124	8.6	28,796	6.7
Widowed	943	3.0	813	3.3	13,794	3.2
Never married	19,145	60.0	14,904	60.6	261,980	61.1

In Victoria, 23.9% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were married and 13.2% were either divorced or separated.

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Social marital status People aged 15 years and over	Victoria	%	2011	%	Australia	%
Registered marriage	6,729	23.6	5,135	23.3	86,716	23.1
De facto marriage	4,079	14.3	3,086	14.0	60,051	16.0
Not married	17,744	62.1	13,844	62.7	228,281	60.9

In Victoria, 23.6% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were in a registered marriage and 14.3% were in a de facto marriage.

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Education attendance	Victoria	%	2011	%	Australia	%
Pre-school	1,388	7.1	1,082	6.7	16,698	6.4
Primary	6,935	35.5	5,264	32.4	97,859	37.5
Secondary	4,828	24.7	3,735	23.0	65,208	25.0
Technical or further education institution	1,215	6.2	1,264	7.8	14,227	5.5
University or tertiary institution	1,679	8.6	1,075	6.6	15,489	5.9
Other	567	2.9	402	2.5	5,047	1.9
Not stated	2,940	15.0	3,430	21.1	46,428	17.8

Of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Victoria, 40.9% were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.5% were attending a primary school, 24.7% were attending a secondary school and 14.8% were attending a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment People aged 15 years and over	Victoria	%	2011	%	Australia	%
Bachelor Degree level and above	2,929	9.2	--	--	24,911	5.8
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level	2,433	7.6	--	--	23,795	5.5
Certificate level IV	1,471	4.6	--	--	14,308	3.3
Certificate level III	4,581	14.4	--	--	56,625	13.2
Year 12	4,285	13.4	--	--	59,949	14.0
Year 11	2,661	8.3	--	--	34,674	8.1
Year 10	4,289	13.4	--	--	77,265	18.0
Certificate level II	97	0.3	--	--	1,215	0.3
Certificate level I	13	0.0	--	--	241	0.1
Year 9 or below	4,628	14.5	--	--	64,604	15.1
No educational attainment	267	0.8	--	--	4,256	1.0
Not stated	3,461	10.8	--	--	56,698	13.2

Of people aged 15 and over in Victoria, 13.4% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 18.9% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 7.6% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

2011 benchmarks are not available for this data item.

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People — cultural & language diversity

Australian Indigenous language, top responses	Victoria	%	2011	%	Australia	%

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Ancestry, top responses	Victoria	%	2011	%	Australia	%

Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Victoria (including those who did not state an ancestry).

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People — employment

Employment People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over	Victoria	%	2011	%	Australia	%
Worked full-time	8,941	50.0	6,778	51.6	106,960	48.0
Worked part-time	5,297	29.6	3,488	26.5	61,049	27.4
Away from work	1,134	6.3	1,024	7.8	14,143	6.4
Unemployed	2,502	14.0	1,851	14.1	40,486	18.2
Not in the labour force	13,086	41.0	10,263	41.7	190,132	44.3

There were people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Victoria. Of these 50.0% were employed full time, 29.6% were employed part-time and 14.0% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

For information on the Community Development Programme (CDP) please refer to the Census Data Dictionary. CDP data is available in TableBuilder.

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Occupation, top responses Employed people aged 15 years and over	Victoria	%	2011	%	Australia	%

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Industry of employment, top responses Employed people aged 15 years and over	Victoria	%	2011	%	Australia	%

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Median weekly incomes People aged 15 years and over	Victoria	%	2011	%	Australia	%
Personal	479	--	390	--	441	--
Household	1,200	--	962	--	1,203	--

The median weekly personal income for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Victoria was $479 and the median weekly household income was $1,200.

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Unpaid work People aged 15 years and over	Victoria	%	2011	%	Australia	%
Did unpaid domestic work (last week)	20,093	63.0	14,890	60.5	263,334	61.4
Cared for child/children (last two weeks)	9,408	29.5	7,222	29.3	136,079	31.7
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks)	4,560	14.3	3,172	12.9	58,541	13.7
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months)	5,878	18.4	3,916	15.9	63,303	14.8

In Victoria, of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 63.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.5% provided care for children and 14.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.4% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

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Dwellings — dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

Dwelling characteristics Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander	Victoria	%	2011	%	Australia	%
Average number of people per household	3	--	3	--	3.2	--
Average number of persons per bedroom	1	--	(a)	--	1	--
Average number of registered motor vehicles per dwelling	1.8	--	1.6	--	1.7	--

a) There has been change in methodology used to calculate the average number of persons per bedroom. To compare the time series for average number of persons per bedroom please refer to Understanding the Census and Census Data

In Victoria, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3 persons, with 1 persons per bedroom and 1.8 registered motor vehicles per dwelling.

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Housing costs Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander	Victoria	%	2011	%	Australia	%
Median weekly rent	261	--	200	--	250	--
Median monthly mortgage repayments	1,517	--	1,495	--	1,660	--

In Victoria, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $261 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.

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Family household composition Counts the types of families within family households at the dwelling level	Victoria	%	2011	%	Australia	%
One family household: Couple family with no children	4,037	17.0	2,959	16.2	42,536	16.2
One family household: Couple family with children	6,960	29.3	5,283	28.8	80,803	30.7
One family household: One parent family	6,066	25.5	5,015	27.4	67,528	25.7
One family household: Other family	448	1.9	340	1.9	5,547	2.1
Multiple family household: Couple family with no children	146	0.6	72	0.4	2,223	0.8
Multiple family household: Couple family with children	245	1.0	183	1.0	4,951	1.9
Multiple family household: One parent family	353	1.5	295	1.6	5,768	2.2
Multiple family household: Other family	17	0.1	16	0.1	471	0.2
Other household	5,500	23.1	4,152	22.7	53,195	20.2

In Victoria, of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households, 17.6% were a couple family with no children, 30.3% were a couple family with children and 27.0% were a one parent family.

In multiple family households, only the family composition of the primary family is recorded. Other household includes lone person households and group households.

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Dwellings — dwelling structure

Dwelling structure Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander	Victoria	%	2011	%	Australia	%
Separate house	18,993	80.2	14,788	80.7	211,205	80.7
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc	2,661	11.2	1,265	6.9	27,017	10.3
Flat or apartment	1,847	7.8	2,057	11.2	20,580	7.9
Other dwelling	176	0.7	201	1.1	2,897	1.1

In Victoria there were 23,783 private dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Where a dwelling type was stated, 80.2% were separate houses, 11.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.8% were flats or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

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Tenure Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander	Victoria	%	2011	%	Australia	%
Owned outright	3,379	14.2	2,425	13.2	32,045	12.2
Owned with a mortgage	6,916	29.1	5,051	27.6	68,085	25.9
Rented	12,300	51.7	9,897	54.0	150,832	57.3
Other tenure type	188	0.8	136	0.7	1,888	0.7
Tenure type not stated	986	4.1	807	4.4	10,182	3.9

In Victoria, of dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 14.2% were owned outright, 29.1% were owned with a mortgage and 51.7% were rented.

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