Roxby Downs (M)

2016 Census Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people QuickStats
Geography type Local Government Areas
Area code LGA46970
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 116
Male 64.0%
Female 36.0%
Median age 25
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households 52
Average people per household 3.1
Median weekly household income $2,700
Median monthly mortgage repayments $2,500
Median weekly rent $206

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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 Roxby Downs (M) % Roxby Downs (M) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Aboriginal 112 96.6 32,617 95.4 590,062 90.9
Torres Strait Islander 0 0.0 941 2.8 32,344 5.0
Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 4 3.4 634 1.9 26,767 4.1

For the 2016 Census in Roxby Downs (M), there were 116 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 64.0% were male and 36.0% were female.

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Age Roxby Downs (M) % Roxby Downs (M) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Median age 25 -- 23 -- 23 --
0-4 years 18 15.3 3,787 11.1 73,265 11.3
5-14 years 24 20.3 7,631 22.3 147,134 22.7
15-24 years 15 12.7 6,564 19.2 123,719 19.1
25-34 years 28 23.7 4,851 14.2 88,861 13.7
35-44 years 16 13.6 3,706 10.8 72,394 11.2
45-54 years 13 11.0 3,614 10.6 67,415 10.4
55-64 years 4 3.4 2,439 7.1 45,433 7.0
65 years and over 0 0.0 1,581 4.6 30,952 4.8

In Roxby Downs (M), the median age of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people was 25 years. Of the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 35.7% were children aged 0 to 14 years and 0.0% were people aged 65 years and over.

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Registered marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Roxby Downs (M) % Roxby Downs (M) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Married 26 34.7 4,778 21.0 105,086 24.5
Separated 0 0.0 1,012 4.4 19,112 4.5
Divorced 3 4.0 1,571 6.9 28,796 6.7
Widowed 0 0.0 755 3.3 13,794 3.2
Never married 46 61.3 14,641 64.3 261,980 61.1

In Roxby Downs (M), 34.7% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were married and 4.0% were either divorced or separated.

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Social marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Roxby Downs (M) % Roxby Downs (M) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Registered marriage 19 30.2 3,859 19.6 86,716 23.1
De facto marriage 23 36.5 3,237 16.4 60,051 16.0
Not married 21 33.3 12,585 63.9 228,281 60.9

In Roxby Downs (M), 30.2% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were in a registered marriage and 36.5% were in a de facto marriage.

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Education attendance Roxby Downs (M) % Roxby Downs (M) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Pre-school 4 10.3 1,020 7.1 16,698 6.4
Primary 14 35.9 5,406 37.6 97,859 37.5
Secondary 12 30.8 3,165 22.0 65,208 25.0
Technical or further education institution 6 15.4 799 5.6 14,227 5.5
University or tertiary institution 0 0.0 847 5.9 15,489 5.9
Other 0 0.0 306 2.1 5,047 1.9
Not stated 3 7.7 2,853 19.8 46,428 17.8

Of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Roxby Downs (M), 34.2% were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.9% were attending a primary school, 30.8% were attending a secondary school and 15.4% were attending a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment
People aged 15 years and over
Roxby Downs (M) % Roxby Downs (M) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 0 0.0 1,198 5.3 24,911 5.8
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 3 3.7 1,159 5.1 23,795 5.5
Certificate level IV 0 0.0 776 3.4 14,308 3.3
Certificate level III 23 28.4 2,932 12.9 56,625 13.2
Year 12 11 13.6 2,846 12.5 59,949 14.0
Year 11 17 21.0 2,906 12.8 34,674 8.1
Year 10 11 13.6 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 6 7.4 3,101 13.6 64,604 15.1
No educational attainment 0 0.0 224 1.0 4,256 1.0
Not stated 5 6.2 3,452 15.2 56,698 13.2

Of people aged 15 and over in Roxby Downs (M), 13.6% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 28.4% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 3.7% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

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Cultural & language diversity

Australian Indigenous language, top responses Roxby Downs (M) % Roxby Downs (M) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
English only spoken at home 111 95.7 28,540 83.5 544,491 83.9

English was the only language spoken at home by 95.7% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Roxby Downs (M). There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

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Ancestry, top responses Roxby Downs (M) % Roxby Downs (M) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Australian 101 64.3 21,514 45.8 399,843 45.0
Australian Aboriginal 19 12.1 7,936 16.9 140,480 15.8
English 17 10.8 7,980 17.0 152,758 17.2
Irish 9 5.7 1,992 4.2 45,887 5.2
Scottish 8 5.1 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 Roxby Downs (M) (including those who did not state an ancestry).

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Roxby Downs (M), the most common ancestries were Australian 64.3%, Australian Aboriginal 12.1%, English 10.8%, Irish 5.7% and Scottish 5.1%.

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Employment

Employment
People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over
Roxby Downs (M) % Roxby Downs (M) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Worked full-time 39 59.1 4,770 43.9 106,960 48.0
Worked part-time 19 28.8 3,195 29.4 61,049 27.4
Away from work 5 7.6 733 6.7 14,143 6.4
Unemployed 3 4.5 2,164 19.9 40,486 18.2
Not in the labour force 7 9.6 10,821 47.5 190,132 44.3

There were 66 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Roxby Downs (M). Of these 59.1% were employed full time, 28.8% were employed part-time and 4.5% 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
Roxby Downs (M) % Roxby Downs (M) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Machinery Operators and Drivers 27 41.5 714 8.2 16,774 9.2
Technicians and Trades Workers 14 21.5 944 10.9 24,399 13.4
Labourers 13 20.0 1,371 15.8 27,814 15.3
Community and Personal Service Workers 8 12.3 1,671 19.2 30,991 17.0
Inadequately described 3 4.6 191 2.2 3,291 1.8

The only responses for occupations for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Roxby Downs (M) were Machinery Operators and Drivers 41.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 21.5%, Labourers 20.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.3% and Inadequately described 4.6%.

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Industry of employment, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Roxby Downs (M) % Roxby Downs (M) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Copper Ore Mining 17 30.4 50 0.6 317 0.2
Gold Ore Mining 4 7.1 27 0.3 591 0.3
Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4 7.1 270 3.1 5,555 3.1
Iron Ore Mining 3 5.4 41 0.5 1,970 1.1
Other Metal Ore Mining 3 5.4 24 0.3 135 0.1

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Roxby Downs (M), the most common industries of employment were Copper Ore Mining 30.4%, Gold Ore Mining 7.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 7.1%, Iron Ore Mining 5.4% and Other Metal Ore Mining 5.4%.

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Median weekly incomes
People aged 15 years and over
Roxby Downs (M) % Roxby Downs (M) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Personal 1,375 -- 413 -- 441 --
Household 2,700 -- 1,014 -- 1,203 --

The median weekly personal income for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Roxby Downs (M) was $1,375 and the median weekly household income was $2,700.

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Unpaid work
People aged 15 years and over
Roxby Downs (M) % Roxby Downs (M) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (last week) 52 67.5 13,372 58.8 263,334 61.4
Cared for child/children (last two weeks) 26 33.3 6,560 28.8 136,079 31.7
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks) 3 3.8 3,026 13.3 58,541 13.7
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 25 32.1 3,230 14.2 63,303 14.8

In Roxby Downs (M), of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 67.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.3% provided care for children and 3.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.1% 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
Roxby Downs (M) % Roxby Downs (M) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Average number of people per household 3.1 -- 3 -- 3.2 --
Average number of persons per bedroom 0.9 -- 1 -- 1 --
Average number of registered motor vehicles per dwelling 2.2 -- 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 Roxby Downs (M), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1 persons, with 0.9 persons per bedroom and 2.2 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
Roxby Downs (M) % Roxby Downs (M) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent 206 -- 220 -- 250 --
Median monthly mortgage repayments 2,500 -- 1,387 -- 1,660 --

In Roxby Downs (M), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $206 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,500.

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Family household composition
Counts the types of families within family households at the dwelling level
Roxby Downs (M) % Roxby Downs (M) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
One family household: Couple family with no children 20 40.8 2,308 15.6 42,536 16.2
One family household: Couple family with children 21 42.9 3,979 26.9 80,803 30.7
One family household: One parent family 4 8.2 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 4 8.2 3,544 24.0 53,195 20.2

In Roxby Downs (M), of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households, 40.8% were a couple family with no children, 42.9% were a couple family with children and 8.2% 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
Roxby Downs (M) % Roxby Downs (M) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Separate house 45 78.9 11,459 77.7 211,205 80.7
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc 8 14.0 2,519 17.1 27,017 10.3
Flat or apartment 4 7.0 703 4.8 20,580 7.9
Other dwelling 0 0.0 69 0.5 2,897 1.1

In Roxby Downs (M) there were 52 private dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Where a dwelling type was stated, 78.9% were separate houses, 14.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.0% 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
Roxby Downs (M) % Roxby Downs (M) South Australia % South Australia Australia % Australia
Owned outright 0 0.0 1,509 10.2 32,045 12.2
Owned with a mortgage 6 12.2 3,734 25.2 68,085 25.9
Rented 40 81.6 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 3 6.1 602 4.1 10,182 3.9

In Roxby Downs (M), of dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 0.0% were owned outright, 12.2% were owned with a mortgage and 81.6% were rented.

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