Bellingen (A)/Pristine Waters (A)

2001 Census Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people QuickStats
Geography type Indigenous Areas
Area code IARE03050
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 650
Male 327
Female 323

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People

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Demographics

People Bellingen (A)/Pristine Waters (A) % Bellingen (A)/Pristine Waters (A) Australia % Australia
Total Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 650 2.9 410,003 2.2
Male 327 50.3 202,954 49.5
Female 323 49.7 207,049 50.5

On Census Night 7th August 2001 in Bellingen (A)/Pristine Waters (A), 650 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were counted, 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female.

Age
People
Bellingen (A)/Pristine Waters (A) % Bellingen (A)/Pristine Waters (A) Australia % Australia
0-4 years 86 13.2 52,861 12.9
5-14 years 204 31.4 108,069 26.4
15-24 years 92 14.2 75,220 18.3
25-54 years 223 34.3 146,270 35.7
55-64 years 29 4.5 16,146 3.9
65 years and over 17 2.6 11,437 2.8

On Census Night 2001 in Bellingen (A)/Pristine Waters (A), of the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, there were 290 children aged 0-14 years and 46 people aged 55 years and over.

Cultural & language diversity

Selected characteristics Bellingen (A)/Pristine Waters (A) % Bellingen (A)/Pristine Waters (A) Australia % Australia
Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religion 5 0.8 4,993 1.2
Speaks Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander languages 0 0.0 49,764 12.1

On Census Night 2001 in Bellingen (A)/Pristine Waters (A), 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were of Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religion and 0 spoke Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander languages.

Employment

Employment
People aged 15 years and over
Bellingen (A)/Pristine Waters (A) % Bellingen (A)/Pristine Waters (A) Australia % Australia
Employed 115 69.3 100,393 80.0
Unemployed 51 30.7 25,044 20.0
Not in the labour force 187 -- 115,422 --
Total labour force (includes employed and unemployed people) 166 -- 125,437 --

During the week prior to Census Night 2001 in Bellingen (A)/Pristine Waters (A), 166 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were in the labour force. Of these 69.3% were employed, 30.7% were unemployed and 187 were not in the labour force.

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Data for this QuickStat has been sourced from the 2001 Basic Community Profile catalogue No. 2001.0 and the 2001 Indigenous Profile catalogue No. 2002.0. Indigenous Statistics are only available for selected geographic areas. The information contained in this QuickStat has been produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. It contains data from the 2001 Census of Population & Housing held on 7 August 2001. Some values may have been adjusted to avoid release of confidential data. These adjustments may have a significant impact on the calculated percentages in QuickStats. For more information refer to Introduced Random Error. For further enquiries contact the ABS National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 | www.abs.gov.au/census

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