Sydney - City and Inner South

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2021 Census Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people QuickStats
Geography type Statistical Areas Level 4
Area code 117
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 5,049
Male 49.9%
Female 50.1%
Median age 29
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families 1,597
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households 2,981
Average number of people per household 2.3
Median weekly household income $1,604
Median monthly mortgage repayments $2,730
Median weekly rent (a) $420

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

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People and population

Indigenous status
All people 		Sydney - City and Inner South % Sydney - City and Inner South New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander total 5,049 1.5 278,043 3.4 812,728 3.2
Aboriginal 4,805 1.5 267,067 3.3 742,882 2.9
Torres Strait Islander 121 0.0 5,127 0.1 33,765 0.1
Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 121 0.0 5,844 0.1 36,083 0.1
Non-Indigenous 307,323 92.8 7,404,499 91.7 23,375,949 91.9
Not stated 18,973 5.7 389,616 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 		Sydney - City and Inner South % Sydney - City and Inner South New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Median age 29 N/A 23 N/A 24 N/A
0-4 years 330 6.5 30,241 10.9 85,941 10.6
5-14 years 688 13.6 62,324 22.4 179,604 22.1
15-24 years 933 18.5 51,501 18.5 150,057 18.5
25-34 years 1,036 20.5 38,615 13.9 117,969 14.5
35-44 years 621 12.3 28,167 10.1 87,910 10.8
45-54 years 627 12.4 27,429 9.9 81,802 10.1
55-64 years 469 9.3 21,794 7.8 61,759 7.6
65 years and over 349 6.9 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 		Sydney - City and Inner South % Sydney - City and Inner South New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Married 439 10.9 43,039 23.2 127,525 23.3
Separated 115 2.9 8,396 4.5 23,982 4.4
Divorced 294 7.3 14,070 7.6 37,473 6.8
Widowed 84 2.1 5,314 2.9 16,329 3.0
Never married 3,090 76.6 114,656 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 		Sydney - City and Inner South % Sydney - City and Inner South New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Registered marriage (a) 405 11.2 40,143 23.6 112,643 23.0
De facto marriage (b) 587 16.2 26,796 15.8 81,295 16.6
Not married 2,632 72.7 102,951 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 		Sydney - City and Inner South % Sydney - City and Inner South New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Preschool 106 6.3 10,714 9.6 25,485 8.0
Primary 485 29.0 42,010 37.6 120,864 37.9
Secondary 345 20.6 29,355 26.2 83,631 26.2
Tertiary - Vocational education (including TAFE and private training providers) 183 11.0 9,856 8.8 21,273 6.7
Tertiary - University or higher education 368 22.0 7,490 6.7 21,149 6.6
Other 41 2.5 1,736 1.6 7,310 2.3
Not stated 153 9.2 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 		Sydney - City and Inner South % Sydney - City and Inner South New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 824 20.4 15,318 8.3 40,554 7.4
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 346 8.6 13,047 7.0 34,681 6.3
Certificate level IV 191 4.7 8,858 4.8 23,374 4.3
Certificate level III 453 11.2 30,206 16.3 84,821 15.5
Year 12 717 17.8 24,609 13.3 82,998 15.2
Year 11 194 4.8 12,135 6.5 43,335 7.9
Year 10 521 12.9 34,013 18.3 102,707 18.8
Certificate level II 7 0.2 479 0.3 1,262 0.2
Certificate level I 0 0.0 52 0.0 241 0.0
Year 9 or below 417 10.3 27,113 14.6 75,326 13.8
Inadequately described 89 2.2 4,005 2.2 11,038 2.0
No educational attainment 43 1.1 1,048 0.6 5,242 1.0
Not stated 230 5.7 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 		Sydney - City and Inner South % Sydney - City and Inner South New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Gamilaraay 41 0.8 779 0.3 1,039 0.1
Australian Indigenous Languages, nfd 27 0.5 804 0.3 4,197 0.5
Wiradjuri 21 0.4 1,151 0.4 1,479 0.2
Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 21 0.4 939 0.3 2,863 0.4
Gumbaynggir 20 0.4 291 0.1 289 0.0
 null  null  null  null  null  null  null
Australian Indigenous languages used at home 201 4.0 5,196 1.9 76,978 9.5
English only used at home 4,520 89.5 259,148 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 		Sydney - City and Inner South % Sydney - City and Inner South New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Australian Aboriginal 4,496 89.0 242,826 87.3 695,359 85.6
Australian 1,454 28.8 111,896 40.2 277,467 34.1
English 765 15.2 52,059 18.7 131,618 16.2
Irish 345 6.8 12,357 4.4 31,853 3.9
Torres Strait Islander 196 3.9 7,918 2.8 57,353 7.1

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 		Sydney - City and Inner South % Sydney - City and Inner South New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
In the labour force 2,449 60.7 104,856 56.5 296,172 54.1
Not in the labour force 1,486 36.8 75,902 40.9 234,314 42.8
Not stated 100 2.5 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 		Sydney - City and Inner South % Sydney - City and Inner South New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Employed  null  null  null  null  null  null
Worked full-time 1,369 55.9 51,298 48.9 144,659 48.8
Worked part-time 618 25.2 31,894 30.4 87,019 29.4
Away from work (a) 265 10.8 11,341 10.8 28,075 9.5
Total employed 2,255 92.1 94,534 90.2 259,754 87.7
Unemployed 193 7.9 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 		Sydney - City and Inner South % Sydney - City and Inner South New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Professionals 623 27.6 12,938 13.7 36,013 13.9
Clerical and Administrative Workers 374 16.6 10,727 11.3 30,731 11.8
Community and Personal Service Workers 320 14.2 16,851 17.8 45,221 17.4
Managers 277 12.3 7,823 8.3 21,218 8.2
Labourers 190 8.4 13,418 14.2 37,003 14.2
Technicians and Trades Workers 182 8.1 13,208 14.0 35,333 13.6
Sales Workers 130 5.8 8,639 9.1 22,365 8.6
Machinery Operators and Drivers 77 3.4 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 		Sydney - City and Inner South % Sydney - City and Inner South New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 122 5.4 3,714 3.9 9,313 3.6
State Government Administration 87 3.9 1,997 2.1 5,577 2.1
Higher Education 85 3.8 772 0.8 2,302 0.9
Defence 75 3.3 773 0.8 2,561 1.0
Legal Services 65 2.9 667 0.7 1,728 0.7

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 		Sydney - City and Inner South % Sydney - City and Inner South New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Personal (b) 757 N/A 600 N/A 540 N/A
Family (c) 2,049 N/A 1,636 N/A 1,527 N/A
Household (d) 1,604 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 		Sydney - City and Inner South % Sydney - City and Inner South New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (week before Census Night) 2,404 59.6 110,089 59.4 328,022 59.9
Provided unpaid care for child/children (during two weeks before Census Night) 661 16.4 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) 481 11.9 27,147 14.6 76,568 14.0
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 543 13.5 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 		Sydney - City and Inner South % Sydney - City and Inner South New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Arthritis 316 6.3 20,559 7.4 50,807 6.3
Asthma 781 15.5 42,047 15.1 107,162 13.2
Cancer (including remission) 94 1.9 5,090 1.8 12,927 1.6
Dementia (including Alzheimer's) 27 0.5 1,168 0.4 3,610 0.4
Diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes) 311 6.2 15,018 5.4 47,688 5.9
Heart disease (including heart attack or angina) 197 3.9 9,917 3.6 30,160 3.7
Kidney disease 55 1.1 3,298 1.2 10,053 1.2
Lung condition (including COPD or emphysema) 141 2.8 7,101 2.6 17,552 2.2
Mental health condition (including depression or anxiety) 933 18.5 42,533 15.3 107,776 13.3
Stroke 61 1.2 2,577 0.9 7,059 0.9
Any other long-term health condition(s) 509 10.1 25,483 9.2 70,592 8.7
No long-term health condition(s) 2,694 53.4 151,423 54.5 462,348 56.9
Not stated 255 5.1 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 		Sydney - City and Inner South % Sydney - City and Inner South New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
None of the selected conditions 2,906 57.6 161,915 58.2 493,110 60.7
One condition 1,240 24.6 61,953 22.3 167,204 20.6
Two conditions 410 8.1 20,494 7.4 54,174 6.7
Three or more conditions 240 4.8 12,706 4.6 32,701 4.0
Not stated 255 5.1 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)
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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 		Sydney - City and Inner South % Sydney - City and Inner South New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Number of dwellings requiring one or more extra bedroom(s) (a) 198 6.6 9,059 7.1 31,268 8.9
Average number of people per household 2.3 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 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 		Sydney - City and Inner South % Sydney - City and Inner South New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent (a) $420 N/A $340 N/A $300 N/A
Median monthly mortgage repayments $2,730 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 		Sydney - City and Inner South % Sydney - City and Inner South New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
One family household: Couple family with no children 574 19.3 23,297 18.2 62,751 17.8
One family household: Couple family with children 352 11.8 38,705 30.2 104,435 29.7
One family household: One parent family 561 18.8 31,924 24.9 86,135 24.5
One family household: Other family 72 2.4 2,314 1.8 7,040 2.0
Multiple family household: Couple family with no children 7 0.2 784 0.6 2,130 0.6
Multiple family household: Couple family with children 16 0.5 2,040 1.6 6,813 1.9
Multiple family household: One parent family 29 1.0 2,759 2.2 8,606 2.4
Multiple family household: Other family 3 0.1 84 0.1 412 0.1
Other household 1,371 46.0 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 		Sydney - City and Inner South % Sydney - City and Inner South New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Separate house 383 12.8 102,340 79.8 281,729 80.0
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc. 847 28.4 12,581 9.8 38,396 10.9
Flat or apartment 1,693 56.8 12,013 9.4 27,919 7.9
Other dwelling 41 1.4 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 		Sydney - City and Inner South % Sydney - City and Inner South New South Wales % New South Wales Australia % Australia
Owned outright 198 6.6 20,418 15.9 48,452 13.8
Owned with a mortgage (a) 368 12.3 36,603 28.5 96,647 27.5
Rented (b) 2,298 77.1 66,587 51.9 192,703 54.7
Other (c) 41 1.4 1,837 1.4 5,582 1.6
Not stated 79 2.7 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.