Adelaide (C)

2016 Census Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people QuickStats
Geography type Local Government Areas
Area code LGA40070
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 254
Male 55.9%
Female 44.1%
Median age 29
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households 85
Average people per household 1.8
Median weekly household income $739
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,647
Median weekly rent $187

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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 Adelaide (C) % Adelaide (C) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Aboriginal 231 90.9 32,617 95.4 590,062 90.9
Torres Strait Islander 17 6.7 941 2.8 32,344 5.0
Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 6 2.4 634 1.9 26,767 4.1

For the 2016 Census in Adelaide (C), there were 254 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 55.9% were male and 44.1% were female.

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Age Adelaide (C) % Adelaide (C) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Median age 29 -- 23 -- 23 --
0-4 years 11 4.3 3,787 11.1 73,265 11.3
5-14 years 26 10.2 7,631 22.3 147,134 22.7
15-24 years 62 24.2 6,564 19.2 123,719 19.1
25-34 years 63 24.6 4,851 14.2 88,861 13.7
35-44 years 31 12.1 3,706 10.8 72,394 11.2
45-54 years 31 12.1 3,614 10.6 67,415 10.4
55-64 years 24 9.4 2,439 7.1 45,433 7.0
65 years and over 8 3.1 1,581 4.6 30,952 4.8

In Adelaide (C), the median age of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people was 29 years. Of the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 14.9% were children aged 0 to 14 years and 3.1% were people aged 65 years and over.

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Registered marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Adelaide (C) % Adelaide (C) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Married 33 15.3 4,778 21.0 105,086 24.5
Separated 16 7.4 1,012 4.4 19,112 4.5
Divorced 15 7.0 1,571 6.9 28,796 6.7
Widowed 4 1.9 755 3.3 13,794 3.2
Never married 147 68.4 14,641 64.3 261,980 61.1

In Adelaide (C), 15.3% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were married and 14.4% were either divorced or separated.

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Social marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Adelaide (C) % Adelaide (C) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Registered marriage 8 8.9 3,859 19.6 86,716 23.1
De facto marriage 7 7.8 3,237 16.4 60,051 16.0
Not married 75 83.3 12,585 63.9 228,281 60.9

In Adelaide (C), 8.9% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were in a registered marriage and 7.8% were in a de facto marriage.

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Education attendance Adelaide (C) % Adelaide (C) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Pre-school 4 3.0 1,020 7.1 16,698 6.4
Primary 15 11.3 5,406 37.6 97,859 37.5
Secondary 12 9.0 3,165 22.0 65,208 25.0
Technical or further education institution 5 3.8 799 5.6 14,227 5.5
University or tertiary institution 26 19.5 847 5.9 15,489 5.9
Other 6 4.5 306 2.1 5,047 1.9
Not stated 65 48.9 2,853 19.8 46,428 17.8

Of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Adelaide (C), 53.4% were attending an educational institution. Of these, 11.3% were attending a primary school, 9.0% were attending a secondary school and 23.3% were attending a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment
People aged 15 years and over
Adelaide (C) % Adelaide (C) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 23 10.6 1,198 5.3 24,911 5.8
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 11 5.1 1,159 5.1 23,795 5.5
Certificate level IV 4 1.8 776 3.4 14,308 3.3
Certificate level III 21 9.7 2,932 12.9 56,625 13.2
Year 12 38 17.5 2,846 12.5 59,949 14.0
Year 11 13 6.0 2,906 12.8 34,674 8.1
Year 10 23 10.6 3,510 15.4 77,265 18.0
Certificate level II 0 0.0 77 0.3 1,215 0.3
Certificate level I 0 0.0 12 0.1 241 0.1
Year 9 or below 19 8.8 3,101 13.6 64,604 15.1
No educational attainment 0 0.0 224 1.0 4,256 1.0
Not stated 70 32.3 3,452 15.2 56,698 13.2

Of people aged 15 and over in Adelaide (C), 17.5% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 9.2% 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 Adelaide (C) % Adelaide (C) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Pitjantjatjara 12 4.8 1,813 5.3 3,054 0.5
Warlpiri 3 1.2 46 0.1 2,276 0.4
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English only spoken at home 169 68.4 28,540 83.5 544,491 83.9

English was the only language spoken at home by 68.4% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Adelaide (C). The only other responses for language at home were Pitjantjatjara 4.8% and Warlpiri 1.2%.

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Ancestry, top responses Adelaide (C) % Adelaide (C) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Australian 123 39.0 21,514 45.8 399,843 45.0
Australian Aboriginal 69 21.9 7,936 16.9 140,480 15.8
English 35 11.1 7,980 17.0 152,758 17.2
Irish 11 3.5 1,992 4.2 45,887 5.2
Scottish 9 2.9 1,602 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 Adelaide (C) (including those who did not state an ancestry).

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Adelaide (C), the most common ancestries were Australian 39.0%, Australian Aboriginal 21.9%, English 11.1%, Irish 3.5% and Scottish 2.9%.

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Employment

Employment
People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over
Adelaide (C) % Adelaide (C) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Worked full-time 27 39.1 4,770 43.9 106,960 48.0
Worked part-time 23 33.3 3,195 29.4 61,049 27.4
Away from work 0 0.0 733 6.7 14,143 6.4
Unemployed 19 27.5 2,164 19.9 40,486 18.2
Not in the labour force 128 61.0 10,821 47.5 190,132 44.3

There were 69 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Adelaide (C). Of these 39.1% were employed full time, 33.3% were employed part-time and 27.5% 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
Adelaide (C) % Adelaide (C) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Clerical and Administrative Workers 14 25.9 1,162 13.4 23,174 12.7
Professionals 11 20.4 1,191 13.7 24,339 13.4
Community and Personal Service Workers 10 18.5 1,671 19.2 30,991 17.0
Labourers 7 13.0 1,371 15.8 27,814 15.3
Managers 6 11.1 609 7.0 12,844 7.1
Sales Workers 3 5.6 717 8.3 15,791 8.7
Machinery Operators and Drivers 3 5.6 714 8.2 16,774 9.2

The only responses for occupations for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Adelaide (C) were Clerical and Administrative Workers 25.9%, Professionals 20.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 18.5%, Labourers 13.0%, Managers 11.1%, Sales Workers 5.6% and Machinery Operators and Drivers 5.6%.

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Industry of employment, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Adelaide (C) % Adelaide (C) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Accommodation 6 23.1 119 1.4 2,427 1.3
Central Government Administration 5 19.2 188 2.2 3,808 2.1
State Government Administration 3 11.5 339 3.9 4,176 2.3
Combined Primary and Secondary Education 3 11.5 165 1.9 2,639 1.4
Higher Education 3 11.5 114 1.3 1,885 1.0

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Adelaide (C), the most common industries of employment were Accommodation 23.1%, Central Government Administration 19.2%, State Government Administration 11.5%, Combined Primary and Secondary Education 11.5% and Higher Education 11.5%.

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Median weekly incomes
People aged 15 years and over
Adelaide (C) % Adelaide (C) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Personal 434 -- 413 -- 441 --
Household 739 -- 1,014 -- 1,203 --

The median weekly personal income for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Adelaide (C) was $434 and the median weekly household income was $739.

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Unpaid work
People aged 15 years and over
Adelaide (C) % Adelaide (C) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (last week) 79 36.4 13,372 58.8 263,334 61.4
Cared for child/children (last two weeks) 23 10.7 6,560 28.8 136,079 31.7
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks) 10 4.7 3,026 13.3 58,541 13.7
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 36 16.8 3,230 14.2 63,303 14.8

In Adelaide (C), of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 36.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 10.7% provided care for children and 4.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.8% 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
Adelaide (C) % Adelaide (C) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Average number of people per household 1.8 -- 3 -- 3.2 --
Average number of persons per bedroom 1 -- 1 -- 1 --
Average number of registered motor vehicles per dwelling 0.9 -- 1.6 -- 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 Adelaide (C), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.8 persons, with 1 persons per bedroom and 0.9 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
Adelaide (C) % Adelaide (C) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent 187 -- 220 -- 250 --
Median monthly mortgage repayments 1,647 -- 1,387 -- 1,660 --

In Adelaide (C), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $187 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,647.

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Family household composition
Counts the types of families within family households at the dwelling level
Adelaide (C) % Adelaide (C) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
One family household: Couple family with no children 12 14.3 2,308 15.6 42,536 16.2
One family household: Couple family with children 5 6.0 3,979 26.9 80,803 30.7
One family household: One parent family 12 14.3 4,112 27.8 67,528 25.7
One family household: Other family 0 0.0 353 2.4 5,547 2.1
Multiple family household: Couple family with no children 0 0.0 96 0.6 2,223 0.8
Multiple family household: Couple family with children 0 0.0 152 1.0 4,951 1.9
Multiple family household: One parent family 0 0.0 236 1.6 5,768 2.2
Multiple family household: Other family 0 0.0 16 0.1 471 0.2
Other household 55 65.5 3,544 24.0 53,195 20.2

In Adelaide (C), of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households, 14.3% were a couple family with no children, 6.0% were a couple family with children and 14.3% 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
Adelaide (C) % Adelaide (C) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Separate house 10 13.7 11,459 77.7 211,205 80.7
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc 21 28.8 2,519 17.1 27,017 10.3
Flat or apartment 39 53.4 703 4.8 20,580 7.9
Other dwelling 3 4.1 69 0.5 2,897 1.1

In Adelaide (C) there were 85 private dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Where a dwelling type was stated, 13.7% were separate houses, 28.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 53.4% were flats or apartments and 4.1% were other dwellings.

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Tenure
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Adelaide (C) % Adelaide (C) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Owned outright 5 6.4 1,509 10.2 32,045 12.2
Owned with a mortgage 4 5.1 3,734 25.2 68,085 25.9
Rented 62 79.5 8,841 59.7 150,832 57.3
Other tenure type 0 0.0 119 0.8 1,888 0.7
Tenure type not stated 7 9.0 602 4.1 10,182 3.9

In Adelaide (C), of dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 6.4% were owned outright, 5.1% were owned with a mortgage and 79.5% were rented.

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