Victoria

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2021 Census Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people QuickStats
Geography type State/Territory
Area code 2
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 65,646
Male 50.1%
Female 49.9%
Median age 24
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families 25,545
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households 33,893
Average number of people per household 3
Median weekly household income $1,565
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,600
Median weekly rent (a) $330

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

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People and population

Indigenous status
All people 		Victoria, 2021 % Victoria, 2021 Victoria, 2016 % Victoria, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander total 65,646 1.0 47,788 0.8 812,728 3.2
Aboriginal 61,865 1.0 44,590 0.8 742,882 2.9
Torres Strait Islander 2,083 0.0 2,027 0.0 33,765 0.1
Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 1,692 0.0 1,169 0.0 36,083 0.1
Non-Indigenous 6,148,188 94.5 5,532,275 93.3 23,375,949 91.9
Not stated 289,665 4.5 346,563 5.8 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 		Victoria, 2021 % Victoria, 2021 Victoria, 2016 % Victoria, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Median age 24 N/A 23 N/A 24 N/A
0-4 years 7,014 10.7 5,475 11.5 85,941 10.6
5-14 years 14,052 21.4 10,410 21.8 179,604 22.1
15-24 years 11,966 18.2 9,075 19.0 150,057 18.5
25-34 years 10,115 15.4 6,539 13.7 117,969 14.5
35-44 years 7,006 10.7 5,234 11.0 87,910 10.8
45-54 years 6,576 10.0 5,068 10.6 81,802 10.1
55-64 years 4,961 7.6 3,469 7.3 61,759 7.6
65 years and over 3,955 6.0 2,516 5.3 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 		Victoria, 2021 % Victoria, 2021 Victoria, 2016 % Victoria, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Married 9,966 22.4 7,614 23.9 127,525 23.3
Separated 1,979 4.4 1,556 4.9 23,982 4.4
Divorced 3,702 8.3 2,640 8.3 37,473 6.8
Widowed 1,232 2.8 938 2.9 16,329 3.0
Never married 27,701 62.1 19,145 60.0 341,871 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 		Victoria, 2021 % Victoria, 2021 Victoria, 2016 % Victoria, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Registered marriage (a) 9,225 22.7 6,733 23.6 112,643 23.0
De facto marriage (b) 6,524 16.1 4,080 14.3 81,295 16.6
Not married 24,834 61.2 17,748 62.1 296,032 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 		Victoria, 2021 % Victoria, 2021 Victoria, 2016 % Victoria, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Preschool 2,597 9.7 1,387 7.1 25,485 8.0
Primary 9,527 35.6 6,934 35.5 120,864 37.9
Secondary 6,546 24.5 4,826 24.7 83,631 26.2
Tertiary - Vocational education (including TAFE and private training providers) 2,099 7.8 1,210 6.2 21,273 6.7
Tertiary - University or higher education 2,559 9.6 1,681 8.6 21,149 6.6
Other 846 3.2 563 2.9 7,310 2.3
Not stated 2,589 9.7 2,940 15.0 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 		Victoria, 2021 % Victoria, 2021 Victoria, 2016 % Victoria, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Bachelor Degree level and above 5,072 11.4 2,928 9.2 40,554 7.4
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 3,752 8.4 2,438 7.6 34,681 6.3
Certificate level IV 2,564 5.8 1,472 4.6 23,374 4.3
Certificate level III 7,034 15.8 4,576 14.3 84,821 15.5
Year 12 6,462 14.5 4,284 13.4 82,998 15.2
Year 11 3,444 7.7 2,663 8.3 43,335 7.9
Year 10 6,388 14.3 4,289 13.4 102,707 18.8
Certificate level II 89 0.2 93 0.3 1,262 0.2
Certificate level I 11 0.0 14 0.0 241 0.0
Year 9 or below 5,756 12.9 4,628 14.5 75,326 13.8
Inadequately described 865 1.9 792 2.5 11,038 2.0
No educational attainment 378 0.8 267 0.8 5,242 1.0
Not stated 2,755 6.2 3,459 10.8 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 		Victoria, 2021 % Victoria, 2021 Victoria, 2016 % Victoria, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Australian Indigenous Languages, nfd 236 0.4 143 0.3 4,197 0.5
Yorta Yorta 109 0.2 51 0.1 144 0.0
Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 85 0.1 9 0.0 2,863 0.4
Wiradjuri 80 0.1 22 0.0 1,479 0.2
Aboriginal English, so described 76 0.1 31 0.1 1,371 0.2
 null  null  null  null  null  null  null
Australian Indigenous languages used at home 1,010 1.5 474 1.0 76,978 9.5
English only used at home 60,322 91.9 44,374 92.9 683,122 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 		Victoria, 2021 % Victoria, 2021 Victoria, 2016 % Victoria, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Australian Aboriginal 55,667 84.8 6,416 13.4 695,359 85.6
Australian 25,293 38.5 32,408 67.8 277,467 34.1
English 13,172 20.1 13,648 28.6 131,618 16.2
Irish 3,814 5.8 5,042 10.6 31,853 3.9
Scottish 2,743 4.2 3,226 6.8 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).

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 		Victoria, 2021 % Victoria, 2021 Victoria, 2016 % Victoria, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
In the labour force 26,084 58.5 17,872 56.0 296,172 54.1
Not in the labour force 17,317 38.8 13,088 41.0 234,314 42.8
Not stated 1,182 2.7 937 2.9 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 		Victoria, 2021 % Victoria, 2021 Victoria, 2016 % Victoria, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Employed  null  null  null  null  null  null
Worked full-time 13,552 52.0 8,940 50.0 144,659 48.8
Worked part-time 7,833 30.0 5,294 29.6 87,019 29.4
Away from work (a) 2,207 8.5 1,132 6.3 28,075 9.5
Total employed 23,592 90.4 15,367 86.0 259,754 87.7
Unemployed 2,493 9.6 2,500 14.0 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 		Victoria, 2021 % Victoria, 2021 Victoria, 2016 % Victoria, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Professionals 3,960 16.8 2,396 15.6 36,013 13.9
Community and Personal Service Workers 3,828 16.2 2,463 16.0 45,221 17.4
Technicians and Trades Workers 3,330 14.1 2,163 14.1 35,333 13.6
Labourers 2,909 12.3 1,968 12.8 37,003 14.2
Clerical and Administrative Workers 2,722 11.5 1,931 12.6 30,731 11.8
Managers 2,378 10.1 1,362 8.9 21,218 8.2
Sales Workers 2,026 8.6 1,449 9.4 22,365 8.6
Machinery Operators and Drivers 1,577 6.7 1,118 7.3 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 		Victoria, 2021 % Victoria, 2021 Victoria, 2016 % Victoria, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Other Social Assistance Services 878 3.7 385 2.5 10,154 3.9
Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 837 3.5 459 3.0 9,313 3.6
Supermarket and Grocery Stores 724 3.1 477 3.1 8,816 3.4
Takeaway Food Services 631 2.7 417 2.7 7,371 2.8
State Government Administration 574 2.4 328 2.1 5,577 2.1

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 		Victoria, 2021 % Victoria, 2021 Victoria, 2016 % Victoria, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Personal (b) 619 N/A 479 N/A 540 N/A
Family (c) 1,638 N/A 1,229 N/A 1,527 N/A
Household (d) 1,565 N/A 1,200 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 		Victoria, 2021 % Victoria, 2021 Victoria, 2016 % Victoria, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Did unpaid domestic work (week before Census Night) 27,873 62.5 20,093 63.0 328,022 59.9
Provided unpaid care for child/children (during two weeks before Census Night) 12,363 27.7 9,406 29.5 166,628 30.5
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability, health condition or due to old age (during two weeks before Census Night) 7,306 16.4 4,559 14.3 76,568 14.0
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 5,840 13.1 5,883 18.4 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 		Victoria, 2021 % Victoria, 2021 Victoria, 2016 % Victoria, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Arthritis 4,766 7.3 N/A N/A 50,807 6.3
Asthma 10,632 16.2 N/A N/A 107,162 13.2
Cancer (including remission) 1,237 1.9 N/A N/A 12,927 1.6
Dementia (including Alzheimer's) 275 0.4 N/A N/A 3,610 0.4
Diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes) 3,195 4.9 N/A N/A 47,688 5.9
Heart disease (including heart attack or angina) 2,388 3.6 N/A N/A 30,160 3.7
Kidney disease 761 1.2 N/A N/A 10,053 1.2
Lung condition (including COPD or emphysema) 1,615 2.5 N/A N/A 17,552 2.2
Mental health condition (including depression or anxiety) 11,996 18.3 N/A N/A 107,776 13.3
Stroke 728 1.1 N/A N/A 7,059 0.9
Any other long-term health condition(s) 6,894 10.5 N/A N/A 70,592 8.7
No long-term health condition(s) 34,396 52.4 N/A N/A 462,348 56.9
Not stated 4,811 7.3 N/A N/A 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).
Note 4: 2016 comparison data is not available for this table. Long-term health conditions is a new question for the 2021 Census.

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 		Victoria, 2021 % Victoria, 2021 Victoria, 2016 % Victoria, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
None of the selected conditions 37,121 56.5 N/A N/A 493,110 60.7
One condition 15,192 23.1 N/A N/A 167,204 20.6
Two conditions 5,336 8.1 N/A N/A 54,174 6.7
Three or more conditions 3,181 4.8 N/A N/A 32,701 4.0
Not stated 4,811 7.3 N/A N/A 65,539 8.1

Note 1: 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.
Note 2: 2016 comparison data is not available for this table. Long-term health conditions is a new question for the 2021 Census.

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 		Victoria, 2021 % Victoria, 2021 Victoria, 2016 % Victoria, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Number of dwellings requiring one or more extra bedroom(s) (a) 2,320 6.8 1,804 7.6 31,268 8.9
Average number of people per household 3 N/A 3 N/A 3.1 N/A
Average number of persons per bedroom 0.9 N/A 1 N/A 1 N/A
Average number of registered motor vehicles per dwelling 1.9 N/A 1.8 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 		Victoria, 2021 % Victoria, 2021 Victoria, 2016 % Victoria, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Median weekly rent (a) $330 N/A $269 N/A $300 N/A
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,600 N/A $1,517 N/A $1,721 N/A

(a) Median rent calculations exclude dwellings being occupied rent-free. The 2016 figure presented above is conceptually comparable with the 2021 data, however this is not comparable with historical QuickStats as dwellings being occupied rent-free were included in the rented categories.

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 		Victoria, 2021 % Victoria, 2021 Victoria, 2016 % Victoria, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
One family household: Couple family with no children 6,431 19.0 4,033 17.0 62,751 17.8
One family household: Couple family with children 9,640 28.4 6,960 29.3 104,435 29.7
One family household: One parent family 8,046 23.7 6,070 25.5 86,135 24.5
One family household: Other family 610 1.8 450 1.9 7,040 2.0
Multiple family household: Couple family with no children 161 0.5 148 0.6 2,130 0.6
Multiple family household: Couple family with children 357 1.1 246 1.0 6,813 1.9
Multiple family household: One parent family 614 1.8 354 1.5 8,606 2.4
Multiple family household: Other family 15 0.0 20 0.1 412 0.1
Other household 8,019 23.7 5,503 23.1 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 		Victoria, 2021 % Victoria, 2021 Victoria, 2016 % Victoria, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Separate house 27,227 80.3 18,993 79.9 281,729 80.0
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc. 3,822 11.3 2,657 11.2 38,396 10.9
Flat or apartment 2,576 7.6 1,853 7.8 27,919 7.9
Other dwelling 219 0.6 181 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 		Victoria, 2021 % Victoria, 2021 Victoria, 2016 % Victoria, 2016 Australia, 2021 % Australia, 2021
Owned outright 5,219 15.4 3,383 14.2 48,452 13.8
Owned with a mortgage (a) 9,994 29.5 6,919 29.1 96,647 27.5
Rented (b) 17,377 51.3 12,097 50.9 192,703 54.7
Other (c) 488 1.4 395 1.7 5,582 1.6
Not stated 814 2.4 990 4.2 8,652 2.5

(a) Includes dwellings purchased under a shared equity scheme.
(b) Excludes dwellings being occupied rent-free. The 2016 figure presented above is conceptually comparable with the 2021 data, however this is not comparable with historical QuickStats as dwellings being occupied rent-free were included in the rented categories.
(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.