Latrobe - Gippsland

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2021 Census Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people QuickStats
Geography type Statistical Areas Level 4
Area code 205
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 5,819
Male 50.3%
Female 49.7%
Median age 23
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families 2,272
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households 2,929
Average number of people per household 3
Median weekly household income $1,335
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,300
Median weekly rent (a) $259

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

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People and population

Indigenous status
All people 		Latrobe - Gippsland % Latrobe - Gippsland Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander total 5,819 1.9 65,646 1.0 812,728 3.2
Aboriginal 5,522 1.8 61,865 1.0 742,882 2.9
Torres Strait Islander 186 0.1 2,083 0.0 33,765 0.1
Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 111 0.0 1,692 0.0 36,083 0.1
Non-Indigenous 275,568 91.6 6,148,188 94.5 23,375,949 91.9
Not stated 19,460 6.5 289,665 4.5 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 		Latrobe - Gippsland % Latrobe - Gippsland Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Median age 23 N/A 24 N/A 24 N/A
0-4 years 666 11.4 7,014 10.7 85,941 10.6
5-14 years 1,392 23.9 14,052 21.4 179,604 22.1
15-24 years 965 16.6 11,966 18.2 150,057 18.5
25-34 years 756 13.0 10,115 15.4 117,969 14.5
35-44 years 592 10.2 7,006 10.7 87,910 10.8
45-54 years 549 9.4 6,576 10.0 81,802 10.1
55-64 years 501 8.6 4,961 7.6 61,759 7.6
65 years and over 387 6.7 3,955 6.0 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 		Latrobe - Gippsland % Latrobe - Gippsland Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Married 890 23.7 9,966 22.4 127,525 23.3
Separated 182 4.8 1,979 4.4 23,982 4.4
Divorced 331 8.8 3,702 8.3 37,473 6.8
Widowed 117 3.1 1,232 2.8 16,329 3.0
Never married 2,240 59.6 27,701 62.1 341,871 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 		Latrobe - Gippsland % Latrobe - Gippsland Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Registered marriage (a) 818 23.5 9,225 22.7 112,643 23.0
De facto marriage (b) 540 15.5 6,524 16.1 81,295 16.6
Not married 2,126 61.1 24,834 61.2 296,032 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 		Latrobe - Gippsland % Latrobe - Gippsland Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Preschool 231 9.9 2,597 9.7 25,485 8.0
Primary 957 41.0 9,527 35.6 120,864 37.9
Secondary 567 24.3 6,546 24.5 83,631 26.2
Tertiary - Vocational education (including TAFE and private training providers) 142 6.1 2,099 7.8 21,273 6.7
Tertiary - University or higher education 111 4.8 2,559 9.6 21,149 6.6
Other 63 2.7 846 3.2 7,310 2.3
Not stated 255 10.9 2,589 9.7 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 		Latrobe - Gippsland % Latrobe - Gippsland Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Bachelor Degree level and above 237 6.3 5,072 11.4 40,554 7.4
Advanced Diploma and Diploma level 278 7.4 3,752 8.4 34,681 6.3
Certificate level IV 212 5.6 2,564 5.8 23,374 4.3
Certificate level III 684 18.2 7,034 15.8 84,821 15.5
Year 12 468 12.5 6,462 14.5 82,998 15.2
Year 11 270 7.2 3,444 7.7 43,335 7.9
Year 10 623 16.6 6,388 14.3 102,707 18.8
Certificate level II 5 0.1 89 0.2 1,262 0.2
Certificate level I 0 0.0 11 0.0 241 0.0
Year 9 or below 551 14.7 5,756 12.9 75,326 13.8
Inadequately described 83 2.2 865 1.9 11,038 2.0
No educational attainment 35 0.9 378 0.8 5,242 1.0
Not stated 306 8.1 2,755 6.2 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 		Latrobe - Gippsland % Latrobe - Gippsland Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Australian Indigenous Languages, nfd 23 0.4 236 0.4 4,197 0.5
Kanai 14 0.2 17 0.0 22 0.0
Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 10 0.2 85 0.1 2,863 0.4
Aboriginal English, so described 8 0.1 76 0.1 1,371 0.2
Kriol 4 0.1 18 0.0 7,403 0.9
 null  null  null  null  null  null  null
Australian Indigenous languages used at home 69 1.2 1,010 1.5 76,978 9.5
English only used at home 5,438 93.5 60,322 91.9 683,122 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 		Latrobe - Gippsland % Latrobe - Gippsland Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Australian Aboriginal 4,928 84.7 55,667 84.8 695,359 85.6
Australian 2,216 38.1 25,293 38.5 277,467 34.1
English 1,260 21.7 13,172 20.1 131,618 16.2
Irish 273 4.7 3,814 5.8 31,853 3.9
Scottish 215 3.7 2,743 4.2 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 		Latrobe - Gippsland % Latrobe - Gippsland Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
In the labour force 2,027 53.9 26,084 58.5 296,172 54.1
Not in the labour force 1,611 42.9 17,317 38.8 234,314 42.8
Not stated 117 3.1 1,182 2.7 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 		Latrobe - Gippsland % Latrobe - Gippsland Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Employed  null  null  null  null  null  null
Worked full-time 960 47.4 13,552 52.0 144,659 48.8
Worked part-time 644 31.8 7,833 30.0 87,019 29.4
Away from work (a) 179 8.8 2,207 8.5 28,075 9.5
Total employed 1,784 88.0 23,592 90.4 259,754 87.7
Unemployed 243 12.0 2,493 9.6 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 		Latrobe - Gippsland % Latrobe - Gippsland Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Community and Personal Service Workers 339 19.0 3,828 16.2 45,221 17.4
Labourers 279 15.6 2,909 12.3 37,003 14.2
Technicians and Trades Workers 254 14.2 3,330 14.1 35,333 13.6
Professionals 244 13.7 3,960 16.8 36,013 13.9
Clerical and Administrative Workers 170 9.5 2,722 11.5 30,731 11.8
Sales Workers 170 9.5 2,026 8.6 22,365 8.6
Managers 156 8.7 2,378 10.1 21,218 8.2
Machinery Operators and Drivers 100 5.6 1,577 6.7 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 		Latrobe - Gippsland % Latrobe - Gippsland Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 82 4.6 837 3.5 9,313 3.6
Other Social Assistance Services 72 4.0 878 3.7 10,154 3.9
Supermarket and Grocery Stores 69 3.9 724 3.1 8,816 3.4
Takeaway Food Services 56 3.1 631 2.7 7,371 2.8
State Government Administration 45 2.5 574 2.4 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 		Latrobe - Gippsland % Latrobe - Gippsland Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Personal (b) 551 N/A 619 N/A 540 N/A
Family (c) 1,387 N/A 1,638 N/A 1,527 N/A
Household (d) 1,335 N/A 1,565 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 		Latrobe - Gippsland % Latrobe - Gippsland Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Did unpaid domestic work (week before Census Night) 2,233 59.4 27,873 62.5 328,022 59.9
Provided unpaid care for child/children (during two weeks before Census Night) 1,038 27.6 12,363 27.7 166,628 30.5
Provided unpaid assistance to a person with a disability, health condition or due to old age (during two weeks before Census Night) 658 17.5 7,306 16.4 76,568 14.0
Did voluntary work through an organisation or group (last 12 months) 508 13.5 5,840 13.1 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 		Latrobe - Gippsland % Latrobe - Gippsland Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Arthritis 445 7.6 4,766 7.3 50,807 6.3
Asthma 873 15.0 10,632 16.2 107,162 13.2
Cancer (including remission) 107 1.8 1,237 1.9 12,927 1.6
Dementia (including Alzheimer's) 29 0.5 275 0.4 3,610 0.4
Diabetes (excluding gestational diabetes) 290 5.0 3,195 4.9 47,688 5.9
Heart disease (including heart attack or angina) 231 4.0 2,388 3.6 30,160 3.7
Kidney disease 64 1.1 761 1.2 10,053 1.2
Lung condition (including COPD or emphysema) 158 2.7 1,615 2.5 17,552 2.2
Mental health condition (including depression or anxiety) 932 16.0 11,996 18.3 107,776 13.3
Stroke 76 1.3 728 1.1 7,059 0.9
Any other long-term health condition(s) 575 9.9 6,894 10.5 70,592 8.7
No long-term health condition(s) 3,085 53.0 34,396 52.4 462,348 56.9
Not stated 495 8.5 4,811 7.3 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 		Latrobe - Gippsland % Latrobe - Gippsland Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
None of the selected conditions 3,326 57.2 37,121 56.5 493,110 60.7
One condition 1,267 21.8 15,192 23.1 167,204 20.6
Two conditions 453 7.8 5,336 8.1 54,174 6.7
Three or more conditions 282 4.8 3,181 4.8 32,701 4.0
Not stated 495 8.5 4,811 7.3 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 		Latrobe - Gippsland % Latrobe - Gippsland Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Number of dwellings requiring one or more extra bedroom(s) (a) 205 7.0 2,320 6.8 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 0.9 N/A 1 N/A
Average number of registered motor vehicles per dwelling 1.9 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 		Latrobe - Gippsland % Latrobe - Gippsland Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Median weekly rent (a) $259 N/A $330 N/A $300 N/A
Median monthly mortgage repayments $1,300 N/A $1,600 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 		Latrobe - Gippsland % Latrobe - Gippsland Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
One family household: Couple family with no children 568 19.4 6,431 19.0 62,751 17.8
One family household: Couple family with children 829 28.3 9,640 28.4 104,435 29.7
One family household: One parent family 761 26.0 8,046 23.7 86,135 24.5
One family household: Other family 53 1.8 610 1.8 7,040 2.0
Multiple family household: Couple family with no children 11 0.4 161 0.5 2,130 0.6
Multiple family household: Couple family with children 26 0.9 357 1.1 6,813 1.9
Multiple family household: One parent family 53 1.8 614 1.8 8,606 2.4
Multiple family household: Other family 0 0.0 15 0.0 412 0.1
Other household 631 21.5 8,019 23.7 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 		Latrobe - Gippsland % Latrobe - Gippsland Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Separate house 2,658 90.7 27,227 80.3 281,729 80.0
Semi-detached, row or terrace house, townhouse etc. 137 4.7 3,822 11.3 38,396 10.9
Flat or apartment 94 3.2 2,576 7.6 27,919 7.9
Other dwelling 32 1.1 219 0.6 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 		Latrobe - Gippsland % Latrobe - Gippsland Victoria % Victoria Australia % Australia
Owned outright 540 18.4 5,219 15.4 48,452 13.8
Owned with a mortgage (a) 887 30.3 9,994 29.5 96,647 27.5
Rented (b) 1,367 46.7 17,377 51.3 192,703 54.7
Other (c) 46 1.6 488 1.4 5,582 1.6
Not stated 91 3.1 814 2.4 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.