Throsby

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2021 Census Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people QuickStats
Geography type Indigenous Locations
Area code ILOC10401403
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 2,217
Male 49.3%
Female 50.7%
Median age 25
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families 807
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households 1,165
Average number of people per household 2.8
Median weekly household income $1,878
Median monthly mortgage repayments $2,167
Median weekly rent (a) $375

(a) For 2021, median weekly rent calculations exclude dwellings being occupied rent-free.

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People and population

Indigenous status
All people 		Throsby % Throsby New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander total 2,217 3.8 278,043 3.4 812,728 3.2
Aboriginal 2,141 3.7 267,067 3.3 742,882 2.9
Torres Strait Islander 35 0.1 5,127 0.1 33,765 0.1
Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 41 0.1 5,844 0.1 36,083 0.1
Non-Indigenous 52,893 91.8 7,404,499 91.7 23,375,949 91.9
Not stated 2,479 4.3 389,616 4.8 1,234,112 4.9

More information on Place of Usual Residence (PURP), Indigenous status (INGP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Age
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 		Throsby % Throsby New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Median age 25 N/A 23 N/A 24 N/A
0-4 years 191 8.6 30,241 10.9 85,941 10.6
5-14 years 440 19.8 62,324 22.4 179,604 22.1
15-24 years 437 19.7 51,501 18.5 150,057 18.5
25-34 years 399 18.0 38,615 13.9 117,969 14.5
35-44 years 219 9.9 28,167 10.1 87,910 10.8
45-54 years 238 10.7 27,429 9.9 81,802 10.1
55-64 years 161 7.3 21,794 7.8 61,759 7.6
65 years and over 134 6.0 17,973 6.5 47,677 5.9

More information on Age (AGEP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Registered marital status
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over 		Throsby % Throsby New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Married 324 20.5 43,039 23.2 127,525 23.3
Separated 68 4.3 8,396 4.5 23,982 4.4
Divorced 116 7.3 14,070 7.6 37,473 6.8
Widowed 44 2.8 5,314 2.9 16,329 3.0
Never married 1,038 65.6 114,656 61.8 341,871 62.5

Note: In December 2017, amendments to the Marriage Act 1961 came into effect enabling marriage equality for all couples. For 2021, registered marriages include all couples.

More information on Registered marital status (MSTP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Social marital status
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over, usually resident and present in the household on Census night 		Throsby % Throsby New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Registered marriage (a) 301 20.8 40,143 23.6 112,643 23.0
De facto marriage (b) 226 15.6 26,796 15.8 81,295 16.6
Not married 917 63.2 102,951 60.6 296,032 60.4

(a) In December 2017, amendments to the Marriage Act 1961 came into effect enabling marriage equality for all couples. For 2021, registered marriages include all couples.
(b) De facto marriage is when two people live together as partners who are not in a registered marriage. It includes people who report de facto, partner, common law husband/wife/spouse, lover, girlfriend or boyfriend.

More information on Social marital status (MDCP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Education

Type of educational institution attending
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people attending an educational institution 		Throsby % Throsby New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Preschool 71 8.0 10,714 9.6 25,485 8.0
Primary 305 34.5 42,010 37.6 120,864 37.9
Secondary 224 25.4 29,355 26.2 83,631 26.2
Tertiary - Vocational education (including TAFE and private training providers) 88 10.0 9,856 8.8 21,273 6.7
Tertiary - University or higher education 147 16.6 7,490 6.7 21,149 6.6
Other 20 2.3 1,736 1.6 7,310 2.3
Not stated 34 3.9 10,664 9.5 38,814 12.2

More information Type of educational institution attending (TYPP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Level of highest educational attainment
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over 		Throsby % Throsby New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 275 17.4 15,318 8.3 40,554 7.4
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 118 7.5 13,047 7.0 34,681 6.3
Certificate level IV 106 6.7 8,858 4.8 23,374 4.3
Certificate level III 243 15.4 30,206 16.3 84,821 15.5
Year 12 222 14.0 24,609 13.3 82,998 15.2
Year 11 107 6.8 12,135 6.5 43,335 7.9
Year 10 229 14.5 34,013 18.3 102,707 18.8
Certificate level II 8 0.5 479 0.3 1,262 0.2
Certificate level I 0 0.0 52 0.0 241 0.0
Year 9 or below 182 11.5 27,113 14.6 75,326 13.8
Inadequately described 35 2.2 4,005 2.2 11,038 2.0
No educational attainment 9 0.6 1,048 0.6 5,242 1.0
Not stated 68 4.3 14,591 7.9 41,467 7.6

More information on Level of highest educational attainment (HEAP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Cultural diversity

Australian Indigenous language, top responses
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 		Throsby % Throsby New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 15 0.7 939 0.3 2,863 0.4
Gamilaraay 9 0.4 779 0.3 1,039 0.1
Wiradjuri 6 0.3 1,151 0.4 1,479 0.2
Australian Indigenous Languages, nfd 5 0.2 804 0.3 4,197 0.5
Aboriginal English, so described 3 0.1 194 0.1 1,371 0.2
 null  null  null  null  null  null  null
Australian Indigenous languages used at home 42 1.9 5,196 1.9 76,978 9.5
English only used at home 2,102 94.8 259,148 93.2 683,122 84.1

More information on Language used at home (LANP), Whether reported using an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander language at home (LNGP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Ancestry, top responses
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 		Throsby % Throsby New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Australian Aboriginal 1,976 89.1 242,826 87.3 695,359 85.6
Australian 841 37.9 111,896 40.2 277,467 34.1
English 441 19.9 52,059 18.7 131,618 16.2
Irish 147 6.6 12,357 4.4 31,853 3.9
Scottish 84 3.8 9,392 3.4 24,549 3.0

Note 1: 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 sum of all ancestry responses for an area will not equal the total number of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in the area.
Note 2: Calculated percentages represent a proportion of the number of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in the area (including those who did not state an ancestry). In 2016 QuickStats percentages were based on total number of responses and will not be comparable to this table.

More information on Ancestry multi response (ANCP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Income and work

Participation in the labour force
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over 		Throsby % Throsby New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
In the labour force 1,014 64.1 104,856 56.5 296,172 54.1
Not in the labour force 550 34.8 75,902 40.9 234,314 42.8
Not stated 28 1.8 4,722 2.5 16,695 3.1

Note 1: Calculated percentages represent a proportion of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 and over in the area.
Note 2: The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's labour force. More information is provided in Comparing 2021 Census and Labour Force Survey.
Note 3: For information on Community Development Program participation (CDPP), please refer to the Census Dictionary. CDPP data is available in TableBuilder.

More information on Labour force status (LFSP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Employment status
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people who reported being in the labour force, aged 15 years and over 		Throsby % Throsby New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Employed  null  null  null  null  null  null
Worked full-time 497 49.0 51,298 48.9 144,659 48.8
Worked part-time 323 31.9 31,894 30.4 87,019 29.4
Away from work (a) 89 8.8 11,341 10.8 28,075 9.5
Total employed 904 89.2 94,534 90.2 259,754 87.7
Unemployed 101 10.0 10,322 9.8 36,419 12.3

Note 1: Calculated percentages represent a proportion of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 and over, who reported being in the labour force in the area.
Note 2: The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's labour force. More information is provided in Comparing 2021 Census and Labour Force Survey.
Note 3: For information on Community Development Program participation (CDPP), please refer to the Census Dictionary. CDPP data is available in TableBuilder.

(a) Counts employed people who reported 0 hours of work the week before the Census or did not state their hours of work.

More information on Labour force status (LFSP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Occupation, top responses
Employed Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over 		Throsby % Throsby New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Professionals 214 23.7 12,938 13.7 36,013 13.9
Community and Personal Service Workers 164 18.1 16,851 17.8 45,221 17.4
Technicians and Trades Workers 103 11.4 13,208 14.0 35,333 13.6
Clerical and Administrative Workers 96 10.6 10,727 11.3 30,731 11.8
Labourers 92 10.2 13,418 14.2 37,003 14.2
Sales Workers 84 9.3 8,639 9.1 22,365 8.6
Managers 77 8.5 7,823 8.3 21,218 8.2
Machinery Operators and Drivers 59 6.5 8,090 8.6 23,291 9.0

More information on Occupation (OCCP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Industry of employment, top responses
Employed Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over 		Throsby % Throsby New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Other Social Assistance Services 65 7.2 3,923 4.1 10,154 3.9
Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 63 7.0 3,714 3.9 9,313 3.6
Supermarket and Grocery Stores 30 3.3 3,323 3.5 8,816 3.4
Takeaway Food Services 30 3.3 3,150 3.3 7,371 2.8
Secondary Education 26 2.9 1,821 1.9 4,358 1.7

More information on Industry of employment (INDP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Median weekly incomes (a)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over 		Throsby % Throsby New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Personal (b) 655 N/A 600 N/A 540 N/A
Family (c) 2,044 N/A 1,636 N/A 1,527 N/A
Household (d) 1,878 N/A 1,558 N/A 1,507 N/A

(a) Incomes are collected in ranges. The medians are then calculated using information from the Survey of Income and Housing.
(b) Excludes people aged 15 years and over who did not state their income.
(c) Excludes families where at least one family member aged 15 years and over did not state their income.
(d) Excludes households where at least one household member aged 15 years and over did not state their income.

More information on Total personal income (weekly) (INCP), Total family income (weekly) (FINF), Total household income (weekly) (HIND), Indigenous household indicator (INGDWTD), Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander family indicator (INGF)
Personal income data is based on place of usual residence
Family and household income data is based on place of enumeration

Unpaid work and care

Unpaid work and care
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people aged 15 years and over 		Throsby % Throsby New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (week before Census Night) 1,039 65.8 110,089 59.4 328,022 59.9
Provided unpaid care for child/children (during two weeks before Census Night) 412 26.0 53,152 28.7 166,628 30.5
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability, health condition or due to old age (during two weeks before Census Night) 209 13.2 27,147 14.6 76,568 14.0
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 212 13.4 19,979 10.8 58,029 10.6

More information on Unpaid domestic work: number of hours (DOMP), Unpaid child care (CHCAREP), Unpaid assistance to a person with a disability, health condition, or due to old age (UNCAREP), Voluntary work for an organisation or group (VOLWP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Health

Type of long-term health condition
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 		Throsby % Throsby New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Arthritis 163 7.4 20,559 7.4 50,807 6.3
Asthma 338 15.2 42,047 15.1 107,162 13.2
Cancer (including remission) 54 2.4 5,090 1.8 12,927 1.6
Dementia (including Alzheimer's) 11 0.5 1,168 0.4 3,610 0.4
Diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes) 98 4.4 15,018 5.4 47,688 5.9
Heart disease (including heart attack or angina) 69 3.1 9,917 3.6 30,160 3.7
Kidney disease 21 0.9 3,298 1.2 10,053 1.2
Lung condition (including COPD or emphysema) 76 3.4 7,101 2.6 17,552 2.2
Mental health condition (including depression or anxiety) 444 20.0 42,533 15.3 107,776 13.3
Stroke 31 1.4 2,577 0.9 7,059 0.9
Any other long-term health condition(s) 204 9.2 25,483 9.2 70,592 8.7
No long-term health condition(s) 1,172 52.9 151,423 54.5 462,348 56.9
Not stated 122 5.5 20,971 7.5 65,539 8.1

Note 1: Measures the number of people who reported that they have been told by a doctor or nurse that they have any of these long-term health conditions.
Note 2: Respondents had the option of reporting multiple long-term health conditions. Therefore, the sum of all long-term health condition responses for an area will not equal the total number of people in the area.
Note 3: Calculated percentages represent a proportion of the number of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in the area (including those who did not answer the long-term health conditions question).

More information on Type of long-term health condition (LTHP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Count of selected long-term health conditions
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 		Throsby % Throsby New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
None of the selected conditions 1,254 56.6 161,915 58.2 493,110 60.7
One condition 562 25.3 61,953 22.3 167,204 20.6
Two conditions 165 7.4 20,494 7.4 54,174 6.7
Three or more conditions 112 5.1 12,706 4.6 32,701 4.0
Not stated 122 5.5 20,971 7.5 65,539 8.1

Note: Selected long-term health conditions include arthritis, asthma, cancer (including remission), dementia (including Alzheimer's), diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes), heart disease (including heart attack or angina), kidney disease, lung condition (including COPD or emphysema), mental health condition (including depression or anxiety) and stroke. Other long-term health conditions are not included in this count.

More information on Count of selected long-term health conditions (CLTHP)
Table based on place of usual residence

Housing

Dwelling characteristics
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only households and other non-classifiable households) where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander 		Throsby % Throsby New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Number of dwellings requiring one or more extra bedroom(s) (a) 82 7.0 9,059 7.1 31,268 8.9
Average number of people per household 2.8 N/A 3.1 N/A 3.1 N/A
Average number of persons per bedroom 1 N/A 1 N/A 1 N/A
Average number of registered motor vehicles per dwelling 1.8 N/A 1.9 N/A 1.9 N/A

(a) The Canadian National Occupancy Standard for Housing Appropriateness is used to determine whether there are enough bedrooms in the dwelling for the usual residents. See Housing suitability information below for more details.

More information on Number of bedrooms in private dwelling (BEDD), Household composition (HHCD), Indigenous household indicator (INGDWTD), Housing suitability (HOSD)
Table based on place of enumeration

Mortgage and Rent
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only households and other non-classifiable households) where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander 		Throsby % Throsby New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent (a) $375 N/A $340 N/A $300 N/A
Median monthly mortgage repayments $2,167 N/A $1,755 N/A $1,721 N/A

(a) Median rent calculations exclude dwellings being occupied rent-free, this is not comparable to 2016 QuickStats data.

More information on Rent (weekly) dollar values (RNTD), Mortgage repayments (monthly) dollar values (MRED), Indigenous household indicator (INGDWTD)
Table based on place of enumeration

Family household composition
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only households and other non-classifiable households) where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander 		Throsby % Throsby New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
One family household: Couple family with no children 228 19.6 23,297 18.2 62,751 17.8
One family household: Couple family with children 296 25.4 38,705 30.2 104,435 29.7
One family household: One parent family 237 20.3 31,924 24.9 86,135 24.5
One family household: Other family 29 2.5 2,314 1.8 7,040 2.0
Multiple family household: Couple family with no children 4 0.3 784 0.6 2,130 0.6
Multiple family household: Couple family with children 10 0.9 2,040 1.6 6,813 1.9
Multiple family household: One parent family 22 1.9 2,759 2.2 8,606 2.4
Multiple family household: Other family 0 0.0 84 0.1 412 0.1
Other household 351 30.1 26,407 20.6 73,717 20.9

Note: This table counts the types of families within family households at the dwelling level. In multiple family households, only the family composition of the primary family is recorded. Other household includes lone person households and group households.

More information on Family household composition (dwelling) (HCFMD)
Table based on place of enumeration

Dwelling structure
Occupied private dwellings where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander 		Throsby % Throsby New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Separate house 820 70.4 102,340 79.8 281,729 80.0
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc. 188 16.1 12,581 9.8 38,396 10.9
Flat or apartment 153 13.1 12,013 9.4 27,919 7.9
Other dwelling 8 0.7 1,018 0.8 2,861 0.8

More information on Dwelling structure (STRD)
Table based on place of enumeration

Tenure type
Occupied private dwellings (excl. visitor only households and other non-classifiable households) where at least one person was Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander 		Throsby % Throsby New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Owned outright 158 13.6 20,418 15.9 48,452 13.8
Owned with a mortgage (a) 304 26.1 36,603 28.5 96,647 27.5
Rented (b) 675 57.9 66,587 51.9 192,703 54.7
Other (c) 8 0.7 1,837 1.4 5,582 1.6
Not stated 24 2.1 2,878 2.2 8,652 2.5

(a) Includes dwellings purchased under a shared equity scheme.
(b) Excludes dwellings being occupied rent-free, this is not comparable to 2016 QuickStats data.
(c) Comprises dwellings occupied rent-free, occupied under a life tenure scheme and other tenure type

More information on Tenure type (TEND)
Table based on place of enumeration

Please note that there are small random adjustments made to all cell values to protect the confidentiality of data. These adjustments may cause the sum of rows or columns to differ by small amounts from table totals.