Port Stephens (A)

2016 Census Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people QuickStats
Geography type Local Government Areas
Area code LGA16400
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 3,324
Male 49.3%
Female 50.7%
Median age 21
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households 1,452
Average people per household 3.3
Median weekly household income $1,247
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,663
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 Port Stephens (A) % Port Stephens (A) New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Aboriginal 3,164 95.2 207,250 95.9 590,062 90.9
Torres Strait Islander 92 2.8 4,840 2.2 32,344 5.0
Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 68 2.0 4,080 1.9 26,767 4.1

For the 2016 Census in Port Stephens (A), there were 3,324 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female.

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Age Port Stephens (A) % Port Stephens (A) New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Median age 21 -- 22 -- 23 --
0-4 years 439 13.2 24,956 11.5 73,265 11.3
5-14 years 806 24.3 49,311 22.8 147,134 22.7
15-24 years 623 18.8 41,327 19.1 123,719 19.1
25-34 years 366 11.0 27,767 12.8 88,861 13.7
35-44 years 320 9.6 22,886 10.6 72,394 11.2
45-54 years 350 10.5 22,421 10.4 67,415 10.4
55-64 years 252 7.6 15,934 7.4 45,433 7.0
65 years and over 163 4.9 11,576 5.4 30,952 4.8

In Port Stephens (A), the median age of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people was 21 years. Of the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 37.4% were children aged 0 to 14 years and 4.9% were people aged 65 years and over.

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Registered marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Port Stephens (A) % Port Stephens (A) New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Married 610 29.3 33,345 23.5 105,086 24.5
Separated 96 4.6 6,715 4.7 19,112 4.5
Divorced 182 8.7 10,931 7.7 28,796 6.7
Widowed 57 2.7 4,357 3.1 13,794 3.2
Never married 1,139 54.7 86,555 61.0 261,980 61.1

In Port Stephens (A), 29.3% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were married and 13.3% were either divorced or separated.

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Social marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Port Stephens (A) % Port Stephens (A) New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Registered marriage 562 29.1 29,736 23.4 86,716 23.1
De facto marriage 298 15.4 18,245 14.4 60,051 16.0
Not married 1,070 55.4 78,875 62.2 228,281 60.9

In Port Stephens (A), 29.1% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were in a registered marriage and 15.4% were in a de facto marriage.

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Education attendance Port Stephens (A) % Port Stephens (A) New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Pre-school 122 9.1 7,286 8.2 16,698 6.4
Primary 558 41.7 33,034 37.1 97,859 37.5
Secondary 357 26.7 22,640 25.4 65,208 25.0
Technical or further education institution 92 6.9 6,508 7.3 14,227 5.5
University or tertiary institution 71 5.3 5,623 6.3 15,489 5.9
Other 20 1.5 1,420 1.6 5,047 1.9
Not stated 117 8.8 12,589 14.1 46,428 17.8

Of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Port Stephens (A), 40.3% were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.7% were attending a primary school, 26.7% were attending a secondary school and 12.2% were attending a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment
People aged 15 years and over
Port Stephens (A) % Port Stephens (A) New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 120 5.8 9,510 6.7 24,911 5.8
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 129 6.2 8,908 6.3 23,795 5.5
Certificate level IV 76 3.7 5,294 3.7 14,308 3.3
Certificate level III 379 18.2 20,305 14.3 56,625 13.2
Year 12 220 10.6 17,641 12.4 59,949 14.0
Year 11 126 6.1 9,222 6.5 34,674 8.1
Year 10 423 20.3 26,665 18.8 77,265 18.0
Certificate level II 4 0.2 475 0.3 1,215 0.3
Certificate level I 0 0.0 45 0.0 241 0.1
Year 9 or below 366 17.6 23,512 16.6 64,604 15.1
No educational attainment 8 0.4 792 0.6 4,256 1.0
Not stated 167 8.0 15,835 11.2 56,698 13.2

Of people aged 15 and over in Port Stephens (A), 10.6% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 21.8% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 6.2% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

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Cultural & language diversity

Australian Indigenous language, top responses Port Stephens (A) % Port Stephens (A) New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Yankunytjatjara 10 0.3 9 0.0 417 0.1
Wiradjuri 4 0.1 355 0.2 432 0.1
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English only spoken at home 3,234 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 Port Stephens (A). The only other responses for language at home were Yankunytjatjara 0.3% and Wiradjuri 0.1%.

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Ancestry, top responses Port Stephens (A) % Port Stephens (A) New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Australian 2,412 51.9 150,901 49.9 399,843 45.0
English 989 21.3 60,982 20.2 152,758 17.2
Australian Aboriginal 469 10.1 29,526 9.8 140,480 15.8
Irish 226 4.9 18,060 6.0 45,887 5.2
Scottish 202 4.3 11,704 3.9 30,843 3.5

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 Port Stephens (A) (including those who did not state an ancestry).

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Port Stephens (A), the most common ancestries were Australian 51.9%, English 21.3%, Australian Aboriginal 10.1%, Irish 4.9% and Scottish 4.3%.

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Employment

Employment
People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over
Port Stephens (A) % Port Stephens (A) New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Worked full-time 567 46.5 38,368 49.7 106,960 48.0
Worked part-time 379 31.1 22,333 29.0 61,049 27.4
Away from work 101 8.3 4,612 6.0 14,143 6.4
Unemployed 172 14.1 11,827 15.3 40,486 18.2
Not in the labour force 823 39.6 60,973 43.0 190,132 44.3

There were 1,219 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Port Stephens (A). Of these 46.5% were employed full time, 31.1% were employed part-time and 14.1% 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
Port Stephens (A) % Port Stephens (A) New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Community and Personal Service Workers 173 16.4 11,165 17.1 30,991 17.0
Labourers 169 16.0 9,913 15.2 27,814 15.3
Technicians and Trades Workers 162 15.4 9,016 13.8 24,399 13.4
Professionals 130 12.3 8,807 13.5 24,339 13.4
Clerical and Administrative Workers 121 11.5 8,060 12.3 23,174 12.7
Machinery Operators and Drivers 103 9.8 5,737 8.8 16,774 9.2
Sales Workers 94 8.9 5,993 9.2 15,791 8.7
Managers 65 6.2 4,756 7.3 12,844 7.1

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Port Stephens (A), the most common occupations were Community and Personal Service Workers 16.4%, Labourers 16.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Professionals 12.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.5%, Machinery Operators and Drivers 9.8%, Sales Workers 8.9% and Managers 6.2%.

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Industry of employment, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Port Stephens (A) % Port Stephens (A) New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Takeaway Food Services 53 5.5 1,944 3.0 4,469 2.5
Supermarket and Grocery Stores 38 4.0 1,887 2.9 5,555 3.1
Other Social Assistance Services 34 3.6 2,309 3.5 5,302 2.9
Defence 30 3.1 506 0.8 1,602 0.9
Aged Care Residential Services 30 3.1 1,602 2.5 3,760 2.1

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Port Stephens (A), the most common industries of employment were Takeaway Food Services 5.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.0%, Other Social Assistance Services 3.6%, Defence 3.1% and Aged Care Residential Services 3.1%.

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Median weekly incomes
People aged 15 years and over
Port Stephens (A) % Port Stephens (A) New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Personal 483 -- 472 -- 441 --
Household 1,247 -- 1,214 -- 1,203 --

The median weekly personal income for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Port Stephens (A) was $483 and the median weekly household income was $1,247.

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Unpaid work
People aged 15 years and over
Port Stephens (A) % Port Stephens (A) New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (last week) 1,394 66.9 86,767 61.1 263,334 61.4
Cared for child/children (last two weeks) 742 35.7 42,758 30.1 136,079 31.7
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks) 355 17.1 20,600 14.5 58,541 13.7
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 321 15.4 21,598 15.2 63,303 14.8

In Port Stephens (A), of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 66.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.7% provided care for children and 17.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.4% 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
Port Stephens (A) % Port Stephens (A) 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 --
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 Port Stephens (A), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3 persons, with 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
Port Stephens (A) % Port Stephens (A) New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent 300 -- 270 -- 250 --
Median monthly mortgage repayments 1,663 -- 1,733 -- 1,660 --

In Port Stephens (A), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,663.

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Family household composition
Counts the types of families within family households at the dwelling level
Port Stephens (A) % Port Stephens (A) New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
One family household: Couple family with no children 256 17.5 15,498 16.2 42,536 16.2
One family household: Couple family with children 542 37.0 29,267 30.6 80,803 30.7
One family household: One parent family 358 24.5 25,476 26.7 67,528 25.7
One family household: Other family 18 1.2 1,801 1.9 5,547 2.1
Multiple family household: Couple family with no children 17 1.2 742 0.8 2,223 0.8
Multiple family household: Couple family with children 29 2.0 1,456 1.5 4,951 1.9
Multiple family household: One parent family 34 2.3 1,862 1.9 5,768 2.2
Multiple family household: Other family 3 0.2 92 0.1 471 0.2
Other household 206 14.1 19,295 20.2 53,195 20.2

In Port Stephens (A), of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households, 18.7% were a couple family with no children, 39.0% were a couple family with children and 26.8% 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
Port Stephens (A) % Port Stephens (A) New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Separate house 1,211 83.6 75,718 79.7 211,205 80.7
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc 160 11.0 9,282 9.8 27,017 10.3
Flat or apartment 44 3.0 8,821 9.3 20,580 7.9
Other dwelling 33 2.3 1,144 1.2 2,897 1.1

In Port Stephens (A) there were 1,452 private dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Where a dwelling type was stated, 83.6% were separate houses, 11.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.0% were flats or apartments and 2.3% were other dwellings.

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Tenure
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Port Stephens (A) % Port Stephens (A) New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Owned outright 228 15.7 13,854 14.5 32,045 12.2
Owned with a mortgage 487 33.5 26,061 27.3 68,085 25.9
Rented 682 46.9 51,327 53.8 150,832 57.3
Other tenure type 8 0.5 696 0.7 1,888 0.7
Tenure type not stated 50 3.4 3,553 3.7 10,182 3.9

In Port Stephens (A), of dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 15.7% were owned outright, 33.5% were owned with a mortgage and 46.9% were rented.

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