Redfern

2001 Census Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people QuickStats
Geography type Indigenous Locations
Area code ILOC0401001
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 282
Male 140
Female 142

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People

demographics | cultural & language diversity | employment

Demographics

People Redfern % Redfern Australia % Australia
Total Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 282 4.1 410,003 2.2
Male 140 49.6 202,954 49.5
Female 142 50.4 207,049 50.5

On Census Night 7th August 2001 in Redfern, 282 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were counted, 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female.

Age
People
Redfern % Redfern Australia % Australia
0-4 years 12 4.3 52,861 12.9
5-14 years 51 18.1 108,069 26.4
15-24 years 55 19.5 75,220 18.3
25-54 years 131 46.5 146,270 35.7
55-64 years 21 7.4 16,146 3.9
65 years and over 14 5.0 11,437 2.8

On Census Night 2001 in Redfern, of the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, there were 63 children aged 0-14 years and 35 people aged 55 years and over.

Cultural & language diversity

Selected characteristics Redfern % Redfern Australia % Australia
Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religion 4 1.4 4,993 1.2
Speaks Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander languages 10 3.5 49,764 12.1

On Census Night 2001 in Redfern, 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were of Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religion and 10 spoke Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander languages.

Employment

Employment
People aged 15 years and over
Redfern % Redfern Australia % Australia
Employed 58 75.3 100,393 80.0
Unemployed 19 24.7 25,044 20.0
Not in the labour force 130 -- 115,422 --
Total labour force (includes employed and unemployed people) 77 -- 125,437 --

During the week prior to Census Night 2001 in Redfern, 77 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were in the labour force. Of these 75.3% were employed, 24.7% were unemployed and 130 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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