Fairfield - East

2016 Census Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people QuickStats
Area code 125031480
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 134
Male 41.6%
Female 58.4%
Median age 25
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households 76
Average people per household 3
Median weekly household income $900
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,000
Median weekly rent $300

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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 Fairfield - East % Fairfield - East New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Aboriginal 125 93.3 207,250 95.9 590,062 90.9
Torres Strait Islander 6 4.5 4,840 2.2 32,344 5.0
Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 3 2.2 4,080 1.9 26,767 4.1

For the 2016 Census in Fairfield - East, there were 134 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 41.6% were male and 58.4% were female.

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Age Fairfield - East % Fairfield - East New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Median age 25 -- 22 -- 23 --
0-4 years 16 12.6 24,956 11.5 73,265 11.3
5-14 years 18 14.2 49,311 22.8 147,134 22.7
15-24 years 29 22.8 41,327 19.1 123,719 19.1
25-34 years 12 9.4 27,767 12.8 88,861 13.7
35-44 years 13 10.2 22,886 10.6 72,394 11.2
45-54 years 16 12.6 22,421 10.4 67,415 10.4
55-64 years 14 11.0 15,934 7.4 45,433 7.0
65 years and over 9 7.1 11,576 5.4 30,952 4.8

In Fairfield - East, the median age of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people was 25 years. Of the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 29.7% were children aged 0 to 14 years and 7.1% were people aged 65 years and over.

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Registered marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Fairfield - East % Fairfield - East New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Married 15 14.9 33,345 23.5 105,086 24.5
Separated 8 7.9 6,715 4.7 19,112 4.5
Divorced 14 13.9 10,931 7.7 28,796 6.7
Widowed 8 7.9 4,357 3.1 13,794 3.2
Never married 56 55.4 86,555 61.0 261,980 61.1

In Fairfield - East, 14.9% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were married and 21.8% were either divorced or separated.

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Social marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Fairfield - East % Fairfield - East New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Registered marriage 12 13.0 29,736 23.4 86,716 23.1
De facto marriage 5 5.4 18,245 14.4 60,051 16.0
Not married 75 81.5 78,875 62.2 228,281 60.9

In Fairfield - East, 13.0% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were in a registered marriage and 5.4% were in a de facto marriage.

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Education attendance Fairfield - East % Fairfield - East New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Pre-school 0 0.0 7,286 8.2 16,698 6.4
Primary 11 26.8 33,034 37.1 97,859 37.5
Secondary 12 29.3 22,640 25.4 65,208 25.0
Technical or further education institution 4 9.8 6,508 7.3 14,227 5.5
University or tertiary institution 4 9.8 5,623 6.3 15,489 5.9
Other 0 0.0 1,420 1.6 5,047 1.9
Not stated 10 24.4 12,589 14.1 46,428 17.8

Of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Fairfield - East, 30.8% were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.8% were attending a primary school, 29.3% were attending a secondary school and 19.5% were attending a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment
People aged 15 years and over
Fairfield - East % Fairfield - East New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 4 4.2 9,510 6.7 24,911 5.8
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 3 3.2 8,908 6.3 23,795 5.5
Certificate level IV 3 3.2 5,294 3.7 14,308 3.3
Certificate level III 18 18.9 20,305 14.3 56,625 13.2
Year 12 9 9.5 17,641 12.4 59,949 14.0
Year 11 9 9.5 9,222 6.5 34,674 8.1
Year 10 22 23.2 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 11 11.6 23,512 16.6 64,604 15.1
No educational attainment 0 0.0 792 0.6 4,256 1.0
Not stated 12 12.6 15,835 11.2 56,698 13.2

Of people aged 15 and over in Fairfield - East, 9.5% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 21.1% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 3.2% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

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Cultural & language diversity

Australian Indigenous language, top responses Fairfield - East % Fairfield - East New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
English only spoken at home 114 89.1 204,018 94.4 544,491 83.9

English was the only language spoken at home by 89.1% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Fairfield - East. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

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Ancestry, top responses Fairfield - East % Fairfield - East New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Australian 92 53.8 150,901 49.9 399,843 45.0
English 36 21.1 60,982 20.2 152,758 17.2
Australian Aboriginal 20 11.7 29,526 9.8 140,480 15.8
Irish 10 5.8 18,060 6.0 45,887 5.2
Maori 5 2.9 910 0.3 2,560 0.3

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 Fairfield - East (including those who did not state an ancestry).

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Fairfield - East, the most common ancestries were Australian 53.8%, English 21.1%, Australian Aboriginal 11.7%, Irish 5.8% and Maori 2.9%.

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Employment

Employment
People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over
Fairfield - East % Fairfield - East New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Worked full-time 16 37.2 38,368 49.7 106,960 48.0
Worked part-time 10 23.3 22,333 29.0 61,049 27.4
Away from work 9 20.9 4,612 6.0 14,143 6.4
Unemployed 8 18.6 11,827 15.3 40,486 18.2
Not in the labour force 44 48.9 60,973 43.0 190,132 44.3

There were 43 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Fairfield - East. Of these 37.2% were employed full time, 23.3% were employed part-time and 18.6% 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
Fairfield - East % Fairfield - East New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Technicians and Trades Workers 8 18.2 9,016 13.8 24,399 13.4
Labourers 8 18.2 9,913 15.2 27,814 15.3
Community and Personal Service Workers 7 15.9 11,165 17.1 30,991 17.0
Clerical and Administrative Workers 5 11.4 8,060 12.3 23,174 12.7
Professionals 4 9.1 8,807 13.5 24,339 13.4
Managers 3 6.8 4,756 7.3 12,844 7.1
Sales Workers 3 6.8 5,993 9.2 15,791 8.7
Machinery Operators and Drivers 3 6.8 5,737 8.8 16,774 9.2

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Fairfield - East, the most common occupations were Technicians and Trades Workers 18.2%, Labourers 18.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.4%, Professionals 9.1%, Managers 6.8%, Sales Workers 6.8% and Machinery Operators and Drivers 6.8%.

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Industry of employment, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Fairfield - East % Fairfield - East New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Clothing Retailing 3 25.0 420 0.6 1,017 0.6
General Insurance 3 25.0 167 0.3 384 0.2
Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 3 25.0 2,306 3.5 5,542 3.0

The only responses for industry of employment for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Fairfield - East were Clothing Retailing 25.0%, General Insurance 25.0% and Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 25.0%.

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Median weekly incomes
People aged 15 years and over
Fairfield - East % Fairfield - East New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Personal 454 -- 472 -- 441 --
Household 900 -- 1,214 -- 1,203 --

The median weekly personal income for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Fairfield - East was $454 and the median weekly household income was $900.

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Unpaid work
People aged 15 years and over
Fairfield - East % Fairfield - East New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (last week) 48 52.2 86,767 61.1 263,334 61.4
Cared for child/children (last two weeks) 7 7.1 42,758 30.1 136,079 31.7
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks) 9 9.2 20,600 14.5 58,541 13.7
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 10 10.2 21,598 15.2 63,303 14.8

In Fairfield - East, of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 52.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 7.1% provided care for children and 9.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.2% 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
Fairfield - East % Fairfield - East New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Average number of people per household 3 -- 3.1 -- 3.2 --
Average number of persons per bedroom 1.1 -- 1 -- 1 --
Average number of registered motor vehicles per dwelling 1.1 -- 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 Fairfield - East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3 persons, with 1.1 persons per bedroom and 1.1 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
Fairfield - East % Fairfield - East New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent 300 -- 270 -- 250 --
Median monthly mortgage repayments 1,000 -- 1,733 -- 1,660 --

In Fairfield - East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,000.

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Family household composition
Counts the types of families within family households at the dwelling level
Fairfield - East % Fairfield - East New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
One family household: Couple family with no children 6 7.7 15,498 16.2 42,536 16.2
One family household: Couple family with children 13 16.7 29,267 30.6 80,803 30.7
One family household: One parent family 24 30.8 25,476 26.7 67,528 25.7
One family household: Other family 3 3.8 1,801 1.9 5,547 2.1
Multiple family household: Couple family with no children 0 0.0 742 0.8 2,223 0.8
Multiple family household: Couple family with children 3 3.8 1,456 1.5 4,951 1.9
Multiple family household: One parent family 0 0.0 1,862 1.9 5,768 2.2
Multiple family household: Other family 0 0.0 92 0.1 471 0.2
Other household 29 37.2 19,295 20.2 53,195 20.2

In Fairfield - East, of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households, 7.7% were a couple family with no children, 20.5% were a couple family with children and 30.8% 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
Fairfield - East % Fairfield - East New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Separate house 45 64.3 75,718 79.7 211,205 80.7
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc 0 0.0 9,282 9.8 27,017 10.3
Flat or apartment 25 35.7 8,821 9.3 20,580 7.9
Other dwelling 0 0.0 1,144 1.2 2,897 1.1

In Fairfield - East there were 76 private dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Where a dwelling type was stated, 64.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 35.7% were flats or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

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Tenure
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Fairfield - East % Fairfield - East New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Owned outright 7 9.9 13,854 14.5 32,045 12.2
Owned with a mortgage 8 11.3 26,061 27.3 68,085 25.9
Rented 53 74.6 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 3 4.2 3,553 3.7 10,182 3.9

In Fairfield - East, of dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 9.9% were owned outright, 11.3% were owned with a mortgage and 74.6% were rented.

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