Bundaberg (R)

2016 Census Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people QuickStats
Geography type Local Government Areas
Area code LGA31820
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 3,707
Male 49.0%
Female 51.0%
Median age 20
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households 1,669
Average people per household 3.2
Median weekly household income $955
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,408
Median weekly rent $265

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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 Bundaberg (R) % Bundaberg (R) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Aboriginal 3,311 89.3 148,940 79.9 590,062 90.9
Torres Strait Islander 180 4.9 21,056 11.3 32,344 5.0
Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 216 5.8 16,487 8.8 26,767 4.1

For the 2016 Census in Bundaberg (R), there were 3,707 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female.

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Age Bundaberg (R) % Bundaberg (R) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Median age 20 -- 22 -- 23 --
0-4 years 427 11.5 21,857 11.7 73,265 11.3
5-14 years 932 25.1 44,223 23.7 147,134 22.7
15-24 years 731 19.7 35,876 19.2 123,719 19.1
25-34 years 397 10.7 24,524 13.2 88,861 13.7
35-44 years 366 9.9 20,754 11.1 72,394 11.2
45-54 years 355 9.6 18,739 10.0 67,415 10.4
55-64 years 273 7.4 12,308 6.6 45,433 7.0
65 years and over 225 6.1 8,194 4.4 30,952 4.8

In Bundaberg (R), the median age of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people was 20 years. Of the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 36.6% were children aged 0 to 14 years and 6.1% were people aged 65 years and over.

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Registered marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Bundaberg (R) % Bundaberg (R) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Married 550 23.4 26,266 21.8 105,086 24.5
Separated 141 6.0 5,219 4.3 19,112 4.5
Divorced 195 8.3 7,870 6.5 28,796 6.7
Widowed 82 3.5 3,492 2.9 13,794 3.2
Never married 1,378 58.7 77,564 64.4 261,980 61.1

In Bundaberg (R), 23.4% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were married and 14.3% were either divorced or separated.

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Social marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Bundaberg (R) % Bundaberg (R) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Registered marriage 504 23.1 22,449 21.1 86,716 23.1
De facto marriage 282 12.9 18,992 17.9 60,051 16.0
Not married 1,395 64.0 64,807 61.0 228,281 60.9

In Bundaberg (R), 23.1% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were in a registered marriage and 12.9% were in a de facto marriage.

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Education attendance Bundaberg (R) % Bundaberg (R) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Pre-school 67 4.6 3,597 4.9 16,698 6.4
Primary 621 42.6 29,132 39.8 97,859 37.5
Secondary 465 31.9 19,602 26.8 65,208 25.0
Technical or further education institution 63 4.3 3,177 4.3 14,227 5.5
University or tertiary institution 73 5.0 4,645 6.3 15,489 5.9
Other 52 3.6 1,750 2.4 5,047 1.9
Not stated 117 8.0 11,357 15.5 46,428 17.8

Of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Bundaberg (R), 39.3% were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.6% were attending a primary school, 31.9% were attending a secondary school and 9.3% were attending a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment
People aged 15 years and over
Bundaberg (R) % Bundaberg (R) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 87 3.7 6,490 5.4 24,911 5.8
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 114 4.9 7,156 5.9 23,795 5.5
Certificate level IV 69 3.0 3,808 3.2 14,308 3.3
Certificate level III 349 14.9 17,714 14.7 56,625 13.2
Year 12 381 16.3 21,285 17.7 59,949 14.0
Year 11 212 9.1 9,701 8.1 34,674 8.1
Year 10 490 21.0 21,474 17.8 77,265 18.0
Certificate level II 4 0.2 280 0.2 1,215 0.3
Certificate level I 0 0.0 58 0.0 241 0.1
Year 9 or below 379 16.2 15,282 12.7 64,604 15.1
No educational attainment 14 0.6 920 0.8 4,256 1.0
Not stated 192 8.2 13,484 11.2 56,698 13.2

Of people aged 15 and over in Bundaberg (R), 16.3% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 17.9% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 4.9% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

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Cultural & language diversity

Australian Indigenous language, top responses Bundaberg (R) % Bundaberg (R) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Aboriginal English, so described 5 0.1 183 0.1 625 0.1
Tiwi 3 0.1 11 0.0 2,020 0.3
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English only spoken at home 3,560 96.0 161,165 86.4 544,491 83.9

English was the only language spoken at home by 96.0% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Bundaberg (R). The only other responses for language at home were Aboriginal English, so described 0.1% and Tiwi 0.1%.

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Ancestry, top responses Bundaberg (R) % Bundaberg (R) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Australian 2,601 49.9 114,137 43.5 399,843 45.0
English 1,006 19.3 41,381 15.8 152,758 17.2
Australian Aboriginal 409 7.8 36,062 13.8 140,480 15.8
Irish 284 5.4 13,013 5.0 45,887 5.2
Scottish 194 3.7 8,935 3.4 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 Bundaberg (R) (including those who did not state an ancestry).

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Bundaberg (R), the most common ancestries were Australian 49.9%, English 19.3%, Australian Aboriginal 7.8%, Irish 5.4% and Scottish 3.7%.

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Employment

Employment
People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over
Bundaberg (R) % Bundaberg (R) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Worked full-time 423 36.2 30,836 46.8 106,960 48.0
Worked part-time 389 33.3 17,867 27.1 61,049 27.4
Away from work 62 5.3 3,935 6.0 14,143 6.4
Unemployed 295 25.2 13,259 20.1 40,486 18.2
Not in the labour force 1,134 48.3 51,070 42.4 190,132 44.3

There were 1,169 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bundaberg (R). Of these 36.2% were employed full time, 33.3% were employed part-time and 25.2% 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
Bundaberg (R) % Bundaberg (R) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Labourers 185 21.4 8,925 17.0 27,814 15.3
Community and Personal Service Workers 155 17.9 8,935 17.0 30,991 17.0
Technicians and Trades Workers 95 11.0 7,056 13.4 24,399 13.4
Professionals 93 10.7 6,202 11.8 24,339 13.4
Sales Workers 93 10.7 4,797 9.1 15,791 8.7
Clerical and Administrative Workers 85 9.8 6,728 12.8 23,174 12.7
Machinery Operators and Drivers 76 8.8 5,130 9.7 16,774 9.2
Managers 54 6.2 3,333 6.3 12,844 7.1

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Bundaberg (R), the most common occupations were Labourers 21.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 17.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.0%, Professionals 10.7%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.8%, Machinery Operators and Drivers 8.8% and Managers 6.2%.

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Industry of employment, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Bundaberg (R) % Bundaberg (R) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Other Social Assistance Services 46 6.3 1,349 2.6 5,302 2.9
Supermarket and Grocery Stores 36 4.9 1,674 3.2 5,555 3.1
Takeaway Food Services 27 3.7 1,338 2.5 4,469 2.5
Primary Education 25 3.4 1,434 2.7 4,897 2.7
Child Care Services 25 3.4 822 1.6 2,535 1.4

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Bundaberg (R), the most common industries of employment were Other Social Assistance Services 6.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.9%, Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Primary Education 3.4% and Child Care Services 3.4%.

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Median weekly incomes
People aged 15 years and over
Bundaberg (R) % Bundaberg (R) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Personal 401 -- 453 -- 441 --
Household 955 -- 1,222 -- 1,203 --

The median weekly personal income for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Bundaberg (R) was $401 and the median weekly household income was $955.

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Unpaid work
People aged 15 years and over
Bundaberg (R) % Bundaberg (R) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (last week) 1,468 62.5 75,703 62.9 263,334 61.4
Cared for child/children (last two weeks) 713 30.3 38,265 31.8 136,079 31.7
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks) 364 15.5 15,171 12.6 58,541 13.7
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 387 16.5 18,300 15.2 63,303 14.8

In Bundaberg (R), of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 62.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.3% provided care for children and 15.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.5% 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
Bundaberg (R) % Bundaberg (R) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Average number of people per household 3.2 -- 3.3 -- 3.2 --
Average number of persons per bedroom 1 -- 1 -- 1 --
Average number of registered motor vehicles per dwelling 1.6 -- 1.7 -- 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 Bundaberg (R), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2 persons, with 1 persons per bedroom and 1.6 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
Bundaberg (R) % Bundaberg (R) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent 265 -- 270 -- 250 --
Median monthly mortgage repayments 1,408 -- 1,733 -- 1,660 --

In Bundaberg (R), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $265 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,408.

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Family household composition
Counts the types of families within family households at the dwelling level
Bundaberg (R) % Bundaberg (R) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
One family household: Couple family with no children 276 16.5 11,886 15.9 42,536 16.2
One family household: Couple family with children 491 29.3 23,609 31.6 80,803 30.7
One family household: One parent family 496 29.6 19,239 25.8 67,528 25.7
One family household: Other family 30 1.8 1,624 2.2 5,547 2.1
Multiple family household: Couple family with no children 8 0.5 576 0.8 2,223 0.8
Multiple family household: Couple family with children 21 1.3 1,381 1.8 4,951 1.9
Multiple family household: One parent family 32 1.9 1,702 2.3 5,768 2.2
Multiple family household: Other family 5 0.3 117 0.2 471 0.2
Other household 316 18.9 14,572 19.5 53,195 20.2

In Bundaberg (R), of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households, 17.0% were a couple family with no children, 30.6% were a couple family with children and 31.5% 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
Bundaberg (R) % Bundaberg (R) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Separate house 1,417 84.7 60,179 80.9 211,205 80.7
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc 131 7.8 6,987 9.4 27,017 10.3
Flat or apartment 101 6.0 6,288 8.5 20,580 7.9
Other dwelling 24 1.4 909 1.2 2,897 1.1

In Bundaberg (R) there were 1,669 private dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Where a dwelling type was stated, 84.7% were separate houses, 7.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.0% were flats or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

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Tenure
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Bundaberg (R) % Bundaberg (R) Queensland % Queensland Australia % Australia
Owned outright 241 14.4 7,727 10.3 32,045 12.2
Owned with a mortgage 404 24.1 17,634 23.6 68,085 25.9
Rented 970 57.9 46,197 61.8 150,832 57.3
Other tenure type 3 0.2 409 0.5 1,888 0.7
Tenure type not stated 58 3.5 2,743 3.7 10,182 3.9

In Bundaberg (R), of dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 14.4% were owned outright, 24.1% were owned with a mortgage and 57.9% were rented.

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