Kurri Kurri - Abermain

2016 Census Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people QuickStats
Area code 106011111
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 1,370
Male 51.5%
Female 48.5%
Median age 21
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households 590
Average people per household 3.3
Median weekly household income $1,244
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,500
Median weekly rent $290

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People

demographics & education | cultural & language diversity | employment

Demographics & education

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

People Kurri Kurri - Abermain % Kurri Kurri - Abermain New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Aboriginal 1,321 96.4 207,250 95.9 590,062 90.9
Torres Strait Islander 25 1.8 4,840 2.2 32,344 5.0
Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 24 1.8 4,080 1.9 26,767 4.1

For the 2016 Census in Kurri Kurri - Abermain, there were 1,370 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female.

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Age Kurri Kurri - Abermain % Kurri Kurri - Abermain New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Median age 21 -- 22 -- 23 --
0-4 years 151 11.0 24,956 11.5 73,265 11.3
5-14 years 365 26.7 49,311 22.8 147,134 22.7
15-24 years 266 19.4 41,327 19.1 123,719 19.1
25-34 years 160 11.7 27,767 12.8 88,861 13.7
35-44 years 135 9.9 22,886 10.6 72,394 11.2
45-54 years 128 9.4 22,421 10.4 67,415 10.4
55-64 years 103 7.5 15,934 7.4 45,433 7.0
65 years and over 60 4.4 11,576 5.4 30,952 4.8

In Kurri Kurri - Abermain, the median age of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people was 21 years. Of the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 37.3% were children aged 0 to 14 years and 4.4% were people aged 65 years and over.

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Registered marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Kurri Kurri - Abermain % Kurri Kurri - Abermain New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Married 229 26.9 33,345 23.5 105,086 24.5
Separated 47 5.5 6,715 4.7 19,112 4.5
Divorced 79 9.3 10,931 7.7 28,796 6.7
Widowed 23 2.7 4,357 3.1 13,794 3.2
Never married 472 55.5 86,555 61.0 261,980 61.1

In Kurri Kurri - Abermain, 26.9% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were married and 14.8% were either divorced or separated.

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Social marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Kurri Kurri - Abermain % Kurri Kurri - Abermain New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Registered marriage 221 27.1 29,736 23.4 86,716 23.1
De facto marriage 98 12.0 18,245 14.4 60,051 16.0
Not married 495 60.8 78,875 62.2 228,281 60.9

In Kurri Kurri - Abermain, 27.1% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were in a registered marriage and 12.0% were in a de facto marriage.

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Education attendance Kurri Kurri - Abermain % Kurri Kurri - Abermain New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Pre-school 36 6.4 7,286 8.2 16,698 6.4
Primary 256 45.6 33,034 37.1 97,859 37.5
Secondary 162 28.9 22,640 25.4 65,208 25.0
Technical or further education institution 32 5.7 6,508 7.3 14,227 5.5
University or tertiary institution 30 5.3 5,623 6.3 15,489 5.9
Other 7 1.2 1,420 1.6 5,047 1.9
Not stated 38 6.8 12,589 14.1 46,428 17.8

Of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Kurri Kurri - Abermain, 41.2% were attending an educational institution. Of these, 45.6% were attending a primary school, 28.9% were attending a secondary school and 11.1% were attending a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment
People aged 15 years and over
Kurri Kurri - Abermain % Kurri Kurri - Abermain New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 32 3.7 9,510 6.7 24,911 5.8
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 44 5.1 8,908 6.3 23,795 5.5
Certificate level IV 34 4.0 5,294 3.7 14,308 3.3
Certificate level III 152 17.8 20,305 14.3 56,625 13.2
Year 12 91 10.6 17,641 12.4 59,949 14.0
Year 11 51 6.0 9,222 6.5 34,674 8.1
Year 10 181 21.2 26,665 18.8 77,265 18.0
Certificate level II 0 0.0 475 0.3 1,215 0.3
Certificate level I 0 0.0 45 0.0 241 0.1
Year 9 or below 178 20.8 23,512 16.6 64,604 15.1
No educational attainment 3 0.4 792 0.6 4,256 1.0
Not stated 69 8.1 15,835 11.2 56,698 13.2

Of people aged 15 and over in Kurri Kurri - Abermain, 10.6% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 21.1% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 5.1% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

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Cultural & language diversity

Australian Indigenous language, top responses Kurri Kurri - Abermain % Kurri Kurri - Abermain New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Bandjalang 3 0.2 81 0.0 106 0.0
 null  null  null  null  null  null  null
English only spoken at home 1,328 97.3 204,018 94.4 544,491 83.9

English was the only language spoken at home by 97.3% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Kurri Kurri - Abermain. The only other response for language at home was Bandjalang 0.2%.

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Ancestry, top responses Kurri Kurri - Abermain % Kurri Kurri - Abermain New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Australian 946 47.5 150,901 49.9 399,843 45.0
English 529 26.5 60,982 20.2 152,758 17.2
Irish 136 6.8 18,060 6.0 45,887 5.2
Scottish 115 5.8 11,704 3.9 30,843 3.5
Australian Aboriginal 111 5.6 29,526 9.8 140,480 15.8

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 Kurri Kurri - Abermain (including those who did not state an ancestry).

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Kurri Kurri - Abermain, the most common ancestries were Australian 47.5%, English 26.5%, Irish 6.8%, Scottish 5.8% and Australian Aboriginal 5.6%.

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Employment

Employment
People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over
Kurri Kurri - Abermain % Kurri Kurri - Abermain New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Worked full-time 221 47.7 38,368 49.7 106,960 48.0
Worked part-time 162 35.0 22,333 29.0 61,049 27.4
Away from work 8 1.7 4,612 6.0 14,143 6.4
Unemployed 72 15.6 11,827 15.3 40,486 18.2
Not in the labour force 366 43.3 60,973 43.0 190,132 44.3

There were 463 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kurri Kurri - Abermain. Of these 47.7% were employed full time, 35.0% were employed part-time and 15.6% 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
Kurri Kurri - Abermain % Kurri Kurri - Abermain New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Labourers 79 20.3 9,913 15.2 27,814 15.3
Community and Personal Service Workers 65 16.7 11,165 17.1 30,991 17.0
Technicians and Trades Workers 59 15.1 9,016 13.8 24,399 13.4
Machinery Operators and Drivers 56 14.4 5,737 8.8 16,774 9.2
Sales Workers 41 10.5 5,993 9.2 15,791 8.7
Clerical and Administrative Workers 35 9.0 8,060 12.3 23,174 12.7
Professionals 34 8.7 8,807 13.5 24,339 13.4
Managers 15 3.8 4,756 7.3 12,844 7.1

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Kurri Kurri - Abermain, the most common occupations were Labourers 20.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Machinery Operators and Drivers 14.4%, Sales Workers 10.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.0%, Professionals 8.7% and Managers 3.8%.

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Industry of employment, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Kurri Kurri - Abermain % Kurri Kurri - Abermain New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Aged Care Residential Services 17 5.4 1,602 2.5 3,760 2.1
Takeaway Food Services 14 4.5 1,944 3.0 4,469 2.5
Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 14 4.5 2,306 3.5 5,542 3.0
Coal Mining 13 4.2 690 1.1 1,656 0.9
Supermarket and Grocery Stores 13 4.2 1,887 2.9 5,555 3.1

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Kurri Kurri - Abermain, the most common industries of employment were Aged Care Residential Services 5.4%, Takeaway Food Services 4.5%, Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 4.5%, Coal Mining 4.2% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.2%.

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Median weekly incomes
People aged 15 years and over
Kurri Kurri - Abermain % Kurri Kurri - Abermain New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Personal 440 -- 472 -- 441 --
Household 1,244 -- 1,214 -- 1,203 --

The median weekly personal income for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Kurri Kurri - Abermain was $440 and the median weekly household income was $1,244.

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Unpaid work
People aged 15 years and over
Kurri Kurri - Abermain % Kurri Kurri - Abermain New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (last week) 521 61.2 86,767 61.1 263,334 61.4
Cared for child/children (last two weeks) 300 35.2 42,758 30.1 136,079 31.7
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks) 148 17.4 20,600 14.5 58,541 13.7
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 104 12.2 21,598 15.2 63,303 14.8

In Kurri Kurri - Abermain, of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 61.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.2% provided care for children and 17.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.2% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

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Dwellings

dwelling characteristics | dwelling structure

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
Kurri Kurri - Abermain % Kurri Kurri - Abermain New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Average number of people per household 3.3 -- 3.1 -- 3.2 --
Average number of persons per bedroom 1.1 -- 1 -- 1 --
Average number of registered motor vehicles per dwelling 2 -- 1.8 -- 1.7 --

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 Kurri Kurri - Abermain, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3 persons, with 1.1 persons per bedroom and 2 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
Kurri Kurri - Abermain % Kurri Kurri - Abermain New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent 290 -- 270 -- 250 --
Median monthly mortgage repayments 1,500 -- 1,733 -- 1,660 --

In Kurri Kurri - Abermain, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $290 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,500.

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Family household composition
Counts the types of families within family households at the dwelling level
Kurri Kurri - Abermain % Kurri Kurri - Abermain New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
One family household: Couple family with no children 77 13.0 15,498 16.2 42,536 16.2
One family household: Couple family with children 223 37.6 29,267 30.6 80,803 30.7
One family household: One parent family 157 26.5 25,476 26.7 67,528 25.7
One family household: Other family 6 1.0 1,801 1.9 5,547 2.1
Multiple family household: Couple family with no children 3 0.5 742 0.8 2,223 0.8
Multiple family household: Couple family with children 10 1.7 1,456 1.5 4,951 1.9
Multiple family household: One parent family 18 3.0 1,862 1.9 5,768 2.2
Multiple family household: Other family 0 0.0 92 0.1 471 0.2
Other household 99 16.7 19,295 20.2 53,195 20.2

In Kurri Kurri - Abermain, of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households, 13.5% were a couple family with no children, 39.3% were a couple family with children and 29.5% 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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Dwelling structure

Dwelling structure
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Kurri Kurri - Abermain % Kurri Kurri - Abermain New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Separate house 533 91.3 75,718 79.7 211,205 80.7
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc 35 6.0 9,282 9.8 27,017 10.3
Flat or apartment 12 2.1 8,821 9.3 20,580 7.9
Other dwelling 4 0.7 1,144 1.2 2,897 1.1

In Kurri Kurri - Abermain there were 590 private dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Where a dwelling type was stated, 91.3% were separate houses, 6.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.1% 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
Kurri Kurri - Abermain % Kurri Kurri - Abermain New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Owned outright 102 17.5 13,854 14.5 32,045 12.2
Owned with a mortgage 203 34.8 26,061 27.3 68,085 25.9
Rented 267 45.8 51,327 53.8 150,832 57.3
Other tenure type 0 0.0 696 0.7 1,888 0.7
Tenure type not stated 11 1.9 3,553 3.7 10,182 3.9

In Kurri Kurri - Abermain, of dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 17.5% were owned outright, 34.8% were owned with a mortgage and 45.8% were rented.

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Data reported for Australia and Other Territories now includes Norfolk Island, following an amendment to the Acts Interpretation Act, 1901. Because Norfolk Island has not previously been included in the Census, any 2011 benchmarks will not include Norfolk Island.