Glenorchy (C)

2016 Census Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people QuickStats
Geography type Local Government Areas
Area code LGA62610
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 2,256
Male 47.6%
Female 52.4%
Median age 23
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households 1,147
Average people per household 2.8
Median weekly household income $1,020
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,254
Median weekly rent $250

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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 Glenorchy (C) % Glenorchy (C) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Aboriginal 2,060 91.3 21,572 91.5 590,062 90.9
Torres Strait Islander 101 4.5 1,118 4.7 32,344 5.0
Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 95 4.2 890 3.8 26,767 4.1

For the 2016 Census in Glenorchy (C), there were 2,256 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female.

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Age Glenorchy (C) % Glenorchy (C) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Median age 23 -- 24 -- 23 --
0-4 years 235 10.5 2,439 10.3 73,265 11.3
5-14 years 521 23.2 5,351 22.7 147,134 22.7
15-24 years 406 18.1 4,301 18.2 123,719 19.1
25-34 years 341 15.2 3,037 12.9 88,861 13.7
35-44 years 214 9.5 2,446 10.4 72,394 11.2
45-54 years 225 10.0 2,563 10.9 67,415 10.4
55-64 years 163 7.3 1,986 8.4 45,433 7.0
65 years and over 138 6.2 1,455 6.2 30,952 4.8

In Glenorchy (C), the median age of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people was 23 years. Of the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 33.5% were children aged 0 to 14 years and 6.2% were people aged 65 years and over.

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Registered marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Glenorchy (C) % Glenorchy (C) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Married 349 23.4 4,713 29.9 105,086 24.5
Separated 86 5.8 755 4.8 19,112 4.5
Divorced 136 9.1 1,490 9.4 28,796 6.7
Widowed 40 2.7 501 3.2 13,794 3.2
Never married 882 59.1 8,324 52.7 261,980 61.1

In Glenorchy (C), 23.4% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were married and 14.9% were either divorced or separated.

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Social marital status
People aged 15 years and over
Glenorchy (C) % Glenorchy (C) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Registered marriage 330 23.7 4,346 30.0 86,716 23.1
De facto marriage 205 14.7 2,275 15.7 60,051 16.0
Not married 859 61.6 7,884 54.4 228,281 60.9

In Glenorchy (C), 23.7% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were in a registered marriage and 14.7% were in a de facto marriage.

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Education attendance Glenorchy (C) % Glenorchy (C) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Pre-school 24 2.9 286 3.2 16,698 6.4
Primary 402 47.7 3,927 43.9 97,859 37.5
Secondary 200 23.8 2,259 25.3 65,208 25.0
Technical or further education institution 65 7.7 685 7.7 14,227 5.5
University or tertiary institution 50 5.9 525 5.9 15,489 5.9
Other 16 1.9 186 2.1 5,047 1.9
Not stated 85 10.1 1,078 12.1 46,428 17.8

Of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Glenorchy (C), 37.5% were attending an educational institution. Of these, 47.7% were attending a primary school, 23.8% were attending a secondary school and 13.7% were attending a tertiary or technical institution.

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Level of highest educational attainment
People aged 15 years and over
Glenorchy (C) % Glenorchy (C) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 71 4.7 872 5.5 24,911 5.8
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 72 4.8 816 5.2 23,795 5.5
Certificate level IV 63 4.2 535 3.4 14,308 3.3
Certificate level III 262 17.5 2,641 16.7 56,625 13.2
Year 12 216 14.4 1,954 12.4 59,949 14.0
Year 11 117 7.8 1,149 7.3 34,674 8.1
Year 10 348 23.2 3,676 23.3 77,265 18.0
Certificate level II 4 0.3 35 0.2 1,215 0.3
Certificate level I 0 0.0 0 0.0 241 0.1
Year 9 or below 199 13.3 2,267 14.3 64,604 15.1
No educational attainment 7 0.5 57 0.4 4,256 1.0
Not stated 108 7.2 1,347 8.5 56,698 13.2

Of people aged 15 and over in Glenorchy (C), 14.4% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 21.7% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 4.8% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

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Cultural & language diversity

Australian Indigenous language, top responses Glenorchy (C) % Glenorchy (C) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 7 0.3 37 0.2 347 0.1
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English only spoken at home 2,186 97.1 22,871 97.0 544,491 83.9

English was the only language spoken at home by 97.1% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Glenorchy (C). The only other response for language at home was Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 0.3%.

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Ancestry, top responses Glenorchy (C) % Glenorchy (C) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Australian 1,534 48.9 16,536 50.8 399,843 45.0
English 859 27.4 8,625 26.5 152,758 17.2
Irish 212 6.8 2,196 6.8 45,887 5.2
Australian Aboriginal 180 5.7 1,579 4.9 140,480 15.8
Scottish 97 3.1 1,310 4.0 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 Glenorchy (C) (including those who did not state an ancestry).

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Glenorchy (C), the most common ancestries were Australian 48.9%, English 27.4%, Irish 6.8%, Australian Aboriginal 5.7% and Scottish 3.1%.

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Employment

Employment
People who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over
Glenorchy (C) % Glenorchy (C) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Worked full-time 373 44.6 4,126 46.2 106,960 48.0
Worked part-time 291 34.8 3,111 34.8 61,049 27.4
Away from work 47 5.6 549 6.1 14,143 6.4
Unemployed 125 15.0 1,152 12.9 40,486 18.2
Not in the labour force 623 41.7 6,547 41.5 190,132 44.3

There were 836 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Glenorchy (C). Of these 44.6% were employed full time, 34.8% were employed part-time and 15.0% 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
Glenorchy (C) % Glenorchy (C) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Community and Personal Service Workers 129 18.3 1,209 15.5 30,991 17.0
Technicians and Trades Workers 118 16.7 1,160 14.9 24,399 13.4
Labourers 111 15.7 1,435 18.4 27,814 15.3
Sales Workers 99 14.0 878 11.3 15,791 8.7
Clerical and Administrative Workers 84 11.9 881 11.3 23,174 12.7
Professionals 54 7.6 730 9.4 24,339 13.4
Machinery Operators and Drivers 54 7.6 662 8.5 16,774 9.2
Managers 34 4.8 638 8.2 12,844 7.1

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Glenorchy (C), the most common occupations were Community and Personal Service Workers 18.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.7%, Labourers 15.7%, Sales Workers 14.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.9%, Professionals 7.6%, Machinery Operators and Drivers 7.6% and Managers 4.8%.

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Industry of employment, top responses
Employed people aged 15 years and over
Glenorchy (C) % Glenorchy (C) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Supermarket and Grocery Stores 37 5.5 320 4.2 5,555 3.1
Aged Care Residential Services 29 4.3 270 3.5 3,760 2.1
Other Social Assistance Services 28 4.2 200 2.6 5,302 2.9
Takeaway Food Services 27 4.0 209 2.7 4,469 2.5
Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 27 4.0 166 2.2 5,542 3.0

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Glenorchy (C), the most common industries of employment were Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.5%, Aged Care Residential Services 4.3%, Other Social Assistance Services 4.2%, Takeaway Food Services 4.0% and Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 4.0%.

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Median weekly incomes
People aged 15 years and over
Glenorchy (C) % Glenorchy (C) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Personal 482 -- 472 -- 441 --
Household 1,020 -- 1,079 -- 1,203 --

The median weekly personal income for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Glenorchy (C) was $482 and the median weekly household income was $1,020.

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Unpaid work
People aged 15 years and over
Glenorchy (C) % Glenorchy (C) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (last week) 959 64.2 10,615 67.2 263,334 61.4
Cared for child/children (last two weeks) 505 33.8 5,213 33.0 136,079 31.7
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability (last two weeks) 217 14.5 2,279 14.4 58,541 13.7
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 205 13.7 2,778 17.6 63,303 14.8

In Glenorchy (C), of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 64.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.8% provided care for children and 14.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.7% 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
Glenorchy (C) % Glenorchy (C) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Average number of people per household 2.8 -- 2.9 -- 3.2 --
Average number of persons per bedroom 1 -- 1 -- 1 --
Average number of registered motor vehicles per dwelling 1.7 -- 1.9 -- 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 Glenorchy (C), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8 persons, with 1 persons per bedroom and 1.7 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
Glenorchy (C) % Glenorchy (C) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent 250 -- 220 -- 250 --
Median monthly mortgage repayments 1,254 -- 1,300 -- 1,660 --

In Glenorchy (C), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,254.

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Family household composition
Counts the types of families within family households at the dwelling level
Glenorchy (C) % Glenorchy (C) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
One family household: Couple family with no children 200 17.3 2,431 20.9 42,536 16.2
One family household: Couple family with children 329 28.4 3,870 33.3 80,803 30.7
One family household: One parent family 298 25.8 2,553 21.9 67,528 25.7
One family household: Other family 23 2.0 154 1.3 5,547 2.1
Multiple family household: Couple family with no children 4 0.3 48 0.4 2,223 0.8
Multiple family household: Couple family with children 4 0.3 72 0.6 4,951 1.9
Multiple family household: One parent family 14 1.2 86 0.7 5,768 2.2
Multiple family household: Other family 0 0.0 0 0.0 471 0.2
Other household 285 24.6 2,424 20.8 53,195 20.2

In Glenorchy (C), of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households, 17.6% were a couple family with no children, 28.8% were a couple family with children and 27.0% 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
Glenorchy (C) % Glenorchy (C) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Separate house 926 80.9 10,382 89.5 211,205 80.7
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc 87 7.6 598 5.2 27,017 10.3
Flat or apartment 128 11.2 549 4.7 20,580 7.9
Other dwelling 4 0.3 66 0.6 2,897 1.1

In Glenorchy (C) there were 1,147 private dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Where a dwelling type was stated, 80.9% were separate houses, 7.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 11.2% were flats or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

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Tenure
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
Glenorchy (C) % Glenorchy (C) Tasmania % Tasmania Australia % Australia
Owned outright 159 13.9 2,070 17.8 32,045 12.2
Owned with a mortgage 323 28.2 3,923 33.7 68,085 25.9
Rented 637 55.6 5,236 45.0 150,832 57.3
Other tenure type 0 0.0 71 0.6 1,888 0.7
Tenure type not stated 27 2.4 337 2.9 10,182 3.9

In Glenorchy (C), of dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 13.9% were owned outright, 28.2% were owned with a mortgage and 55.6% were rented.

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