4704.0 - The Health and Welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, 2005  
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APPENDIX 6 LANGUAGE AND EDUCATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS, TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES, 2001


A1
Torres Strait Islander(a)
Torres Strait Area
Balance of Australia
Total

Indigenous
Non-Indigenous
Census counts(b)
15 years or overno.
3,626
22,598
26,224
249,073
14,006,987
18 years or overno.
3,337
20,124
23,461
222,361
13,261,409
25-64 yearsno.
2,310
14,329
16,639
162,416
9,414,910
Language spoken at home(c)
English only%
17.9
86.5
76.8
83.2
83.4
Oceanian Pidgin or Creole%
52.1
4.6
11.3
1.3
-
Australian Indigenous language%
28.5
5.7
8.9
14.5
-
Other language%
1.5
3.2
3.0
0.9
16.6
Proficiency in English(d)
Speaks English well or very well%
83.6
86.9
85.4
83.6
81.8
Does not speak English well or at all%
16.4
13.1
14.6
16.4
18.2
Highest year of school completed(e)(f)
Year 12%
32.6
27.3
28.0
20.3
43.6
Year 10 or Year 11%
37.1
43.2
42.3
41.0
36.8
Year 9 or below(g)%
30.3
29.6
29.7
38.7
19.6
Highest non-school qualification(h)
Bachelor degree or higher%
2.1
4.3
4.0
4.4
18.0
Certificate or diploma
Certifcate level III or above(i)%
11.7
17.0
16.2
14.0
24.9
Certificate level I/II%
1.9
2.3
2.3
2.0
2.7
Level not determined%
6.7
4.5
4.8
3.6
3.9
Total with a non-school qualification%
22.5
28.2
27.3
24.0
49.5
No non-school qualification%
77.5
71.8
72.7
76.0
50.5
Total%
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
(a) Includes people who are of both Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal origin.
(b) 2001 Census counts on a usual residence basis.
(c) Proportions are based on the 15 years or over population, excluding not stated responses.
(d) Proportions are of people aged 15 years or over who spoke a language other than English at home, excluding not stated responses.
(e) Proportions are based on the 18 years or over population, excluding not stated responses.
(f) Includes people with a non-school qualification. Excludes people who were still at school.
(g) Includes people who never attended school.
(h) Proportions are based on the 25-64 years population, excluding not stated responses.
(i) Includes people with a diploma or advanced diploma.
ABS, 2001 Census of Population and Housing